eu-vat-rates-data

Canonical data source — VAT rates for 45 European countries, including all EU-27 member states plus Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and more. Sourced from the European Commission TEDB (EU rates) and supplemented with non-EU European countries. Checked daily, committed automatically when rates change.

This repository contains only the data and the update script. Language-specific packages are published separately:

Language	Package	Install
JavaScript / TypeScript	npm	npm install eu-vat-rates-data
Python	PyPI	pip install eu-vat-rates-data
PHP	Packagist	composer require vatnode/eu-vat-rates-data
Go	pkg.go.dev	go get github.com/vatnode/eu-vat-rates-data-go
Ruby	RubyGems	gem install eu_vat_rates_data

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Direct JSON access

No package needed — use the JSON directly via CDN:

# jsDelivr CDN (cached):
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/vatnode/eu-vat-rates-data@main/data/eu-vat-rates-data.json

# Raw GitHub (always latest commit):
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vatnode/eu-vat-rates-data/main/data/eu-vat-rates-data.json

const res = await fetch(
  'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/vatnode/eu-vat-rates-data@main/data/eu-vat-rates-data.json'
)
const { rates } = await res.json()
console.log(rates.DE.standard) // 19

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Data structure

interface VatRate {
  country:       string        // "Finland"
  currency:      string        // "EUR" (or "DKK", "GBP", …)
  eu_member:     boolean       // true for EU-27, false for non-EU
  vat_name:      string        // "Arvonlisävero" — official name in primary local language
  vat_abbr:      string        // "ALV" — short abbreviation used locally
  standard:      number        // 25.5
  reduced:       number[]      // [10, 13.5] — sorted ascending
  super_reduced: number | null // null when not applicable
  parking:       number | null // null when not applicable
  format:        string        // "FI + 8 digits" — human-readable VAT number format
  pattern:       string        // "^FI\\d{8}$" — regex for format validation, always present
}

Example JSON entry

{
  "version": "2026-03-31",
  "source": "European Commission TEDB",
  "rates": {
    "FI": {
      "country": "Finland",
      "currency": "EUR",
      "eu_member": true,
      "vat_name": "Arvonlisävero",
      "vat_abbr": "ALV",
      "standard": 25.5,
      "reduced": [10, 13.5],
      "super_reduced": null,
      "parking": null,
      "format": "FI + 8 digits",
      "pattern": "^FI\\d{8}$"
    }
  }
}

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Update frequency

• Fetched from EC TEDB SOAP API: daily at 07:00 UTC
• Committed on every run (version date always updated)
• Full audit trail: git log -- data/eu-vat-rates-data.json

To run locally:

git clone https://github.com/vatnode/eu-vat-rates-data.git
pip install requests
python3 scripts/update.py

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Keeping rates current

The JSON in this repository is updated automatically — use it directly via CDN if you need always-current data without any setup:

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/vatnode/eu-vat-rates-data@main/data/eu-vat-rates-data.json
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vatnode/eu-vat-rates-data/main/data/eu-vat-rates-data.json

Language-specific packages bundle a snapshot of this data at publish time. A new package version is released automatically whenever rates change, but installed packages do not update themselves. If you use a package and need rates to stay current, set up Renovate or Dependabot — they will open a PR automatically when a new version is published.

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Covered countries

EU-27 (daily auto-updates via EC TEDB):

AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HR HU IE IT LT LU LV MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK

Non-EU Europe (manually maintained):

AD AL BA CH GB GE IS LI MC MD ME MK NO RS TR UA XK

45 countries total.

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Need to validate VAT numbers?

This repository provides VAT rates only. If you also need to validate EU VAT numbers against the official VIES database, check out vatnode.dev — a simple REST API with a free tier.

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Changelog

2026-04-25

• fix: Corrected Sweden (SE) VAT number regex — was ^SE\d{12}$, now correctly requires the mandatory 01 suffix: ^SE\d{10}01$.

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License

MIT

If you find this useful, a ⭐ on GitHub is appreciated.