VAT Categories endpoint
The categories endpoint makes it easy to get the latest VAT rates, including the reduced rates for certain categories, for a specific country.
Getting started
Base URL
Validation endpoint
The categories endpoint simply requires your unique API key, and the country you’d like to check:
This was a successful request, and the response includes both the standard rate as well as the reduces rates and categories associated with them:
Request parameters
Your unique API key. Note that each user has unique API keys for each of Abstract’s APIs, so your VAT Validation API key will not work for as your IP Geolocation API, for example.
The two letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country in which the transaction takes place.
Response parameters
The API response is returned in a universal and lightweight JSON format.
The two letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country in which the transaction takes place, which is returned from the request.
The VAT rate for this specific category.
The name of the category.
A description about the category.