VAT API

EU and UK VAT compliance REST API providing VAT rate retrieval, VAT number validation via the European Commission VIES system and UK HMRC, currency conversion, and VAT-compliant invoice generation. Operated by Eventured Ltd and launched in 2015, it connects directly to authoritative EU and HMRC sources to deliver audit-ready consultation numbers and real-time rate data.

VAT API publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: v2. Tagged areas include VAT, Tax, EU, UK, and Compliance.

VAT API’s developer surface includes documentation, pricing, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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23.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

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VATTaxEUUKComplianceInvoiceVIESBusiness Verification

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 23.8/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Vatapi Rate Limits

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FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

BlogPosts

BlogPosts

Source (apis.yml)

aid: vatapi
name: VAT API
description: EU and UK VAT compliance REST API providing VAT rate retrieval, VAT number validation via the European Commission
  VIES system and UK HMRC, currency conversion, and VAT-compliant invoice generation. Operated by Eventured Ltd and launched
  in 2015, it connects directly to authoritative EU and HMRC sources to deliver audit-ready consultation numbers and real-time
  rate data.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: true
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium (free trial)
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/vatapi.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vatapi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- VAT
- Tax
- EU
- UK
- Compliance
- Invoice
- VIES
- Business Verification
apis:
- aid: vatapi:vat-api
  name: VAT API v2
  description: REST API for EU and UK VAT compliance including VAT rate lookups by country, VAT number validation against
    VIES and HMRC, currency conversion rates from HMRC and ECB, and generation of VAT-compliant invoices with sequential numbering.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://vatapi.com/
  baseURL: https://eu.vatapi.com/v2
  tags:
  - VAT Rates
  - VAT Number Validation
  - Invoicing
  - Currency Conversion
  - VIES
  - HMRC
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.vatapi.com/
  - type: PostmanWorkspace
    url: https://www.postman.com/vatapi/vat-api-s-public-workspace/documentation/ku592di/vat-api
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vatapi/refs/heads/main/plans/vatapi-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vatapi/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/vatapi-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vatapi/refs/heads/main/finops/vatapi-finops.yml
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/vatapi-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://vatapi.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.vatapi.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://vatapi.onfastspring.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://vatapi.com/news
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/infolution
- type: Plans
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vatapi/refs/heads/main/plans/vatapi-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vatapi/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/vatapi-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vatapi/refs/heads/main/finops/vatapi-finops.yml
- type: BlogPosts
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vatapi/refs/heads/main/blogs/blogs.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vatapi/refs/heads/main/json-ld/vatapi.json
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

VAT API

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APIs 1

VAT API v2

Pricing Plans 1

Vatapi Plans Pricing