# VAT API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/vatapi/  
**Website:** https://vatapi.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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.

## Kin Score — 23.1 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 23.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium (free trial) — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: yes (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **VAT API v2** — 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 genera...

## Security (1)

- **Vatapi Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Vatapi Plans Pricing**

## Tags

VAT, Tax, EU, UK, Compliance, Invoice, VIES, Business Verification

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/vatapi/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.