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VAT Rates (EU)

EU and European VAT rates by country — standard, reduced, super-reduced, and parking rates.

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status: healthy status status healthy healthy tools: 6 tools tools 6 6 type: open dataset type type open dataset open dataset lifecycle: maintained lifecycle lifecycle maintained maintained Finance

Data source: European Commission

MCP Endpoint (Streamable HTTP) https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/vat-rates/
Authentication

All requests require a Gnist-API-Key header (or api_key query parameter).

Free tier: 100 calls/day. Get your API key.

Tools (6)

get_vat_rate

Get VAT rates for a specific European country.

Returns standard rate, reduced rates, super-reduced rate, and parking rate where applicable.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
country_codestringrequiredISO alpha-2 country code (e.g. DE, FR, SE).
JSON-RPC Request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "get_vat_rate",
    "arguments": {
      "country_code": "NO"
    }
  }
}
list_all_vat_rates

List VAT rates for all European countries.

Returns standard and reduced rates for all EU/EEA member states plus UK and Switzerland.

JSON-RPC Request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "list_all_vat_rates",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
search_vat_rates

Search VAT rates by country name.

Case-insensitive partial match on country name or code.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
querystringrequiredCountry name to search for.
limitintegeroptional (default: 10)
JSON-RPC Request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "search_vat_rates",
    "arguments": {
      "query": "NO"
    }
  }
}
get_highest_vat_rates

Get countries with the highest standard VAT rates.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
limitintegeroptional (default: 10)
JSON-RPC Request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "get_highest_vat_rates",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
get_lowest_vat_rates

Get countries with the lowest standard VAT rates.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
limitintegeroptional (default: 10)
JSON-RPC Request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "get_lowest_vat_rates",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
report_feedback

Report a bug, feature request, or general feedback for this data source.

Use this when something doesn't work as expected, when you'd like
a new feature, or when you have suggestions for improvement.

Args:
feedback: Describe the issue or suggestion.
feedback_type: One of 'bug', 'feature_request', or 'general'.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
feedbackstringrequired
feedback_typestringoptional (default: "general")
JSON-RPC Request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "report_feedback",
    "arguments": {
      "feedback": "example"
    }
  }
}

Quick Start

Shell
curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/vat-rates/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "get_vat_rate", "arguments": {"country_code": "example"}}}'
Python
import httpx

resp = httpx.post(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/vat-rates/",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    json={
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "get_vat_rate",
    "arguments": {
      "country_code": "example"
    }
  }
},
)
print(resp.json())

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