eu-vat-rates-data-go

EU VAT rates for all 27 EU member states plus the United Kingdom, sourced from the European Commission TEDB. Checked daily, published automatically when rates change.

• Standard, reduced, super-reduced, and parking rates
• Zero dependencies — data embedded with //go:embed
• Fully typed — works with Go 1.21+
• Checked daily via GitHub Actions, new version tagged only when rates change

Also available in: JavaScript/TypeScript (npm) · Python (PyPI) · PHP (Packagist) · Ruby (RubyGems)

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Installation

go get github.com/vatnode/eu-vat-rates-data-go

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Usage

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    euvatrates "github.com/vatnode/eu-vat-rates-data-go"
)

func main() {
    // Full rate struct for a country
    fi, ok := euvatrates.GetRate("FI")
    if ok {
        fmt.Printf("%s: %.1f%%\n", fi.Country, fi.Standard)
        // Finland: 25.5%
    }

    // Just the standard rate
    standard, ok := euvatrates.GetStandardRate("DE")
    fmt.Println(standard) // 19

    // Type guard
    if euvatrates.IsEUMember(userInput) {
        rate, _ := euvatrates.GetRate(userInput)
        _ = rate // guaranteed to be valid
    }

    // All 28 countries
    all := euvatrates.GetAllRates()
    for code, rate := range all {
        fmt.Printf("%s: %.1f%%\n", code, rate.Standard)
    }

    // Data version date
    fmt.Println(euvatrates.DataVersion()) // "2026-02-25"
}

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Types

type VatRate struct {
    Country      string    `json:"country"`
    Currency     string    `json:"currency"`
    Standard     float64   `json:"standard"`
    Reduced      []float64 `json:"reduced"`
    SuperReduced *float64  `json:"super_reduced"`
    Parking      *float64  `json:"parking"`
}

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Data source & update frequency

Rates are fetched from the European Commission Taxes in Europe Database (TEDB):

• Canonical data repo: https://github.com/vatnode/eu-vat-rates-data
• Refreshed: daily at 08:00 UTC
• New git tag + pkg.go.dev version published only when rates change

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Covered countries

EU-27 member states + United Kingdom (28 countries total):

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

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Need to validate VAT numbers?

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

curl https://api.vatnode.dev/v1/vat/FI17156132 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer vat_live_..."
# → { "valid": true, "companyName": "Suomen Pehmeä Ikkuna Oy" }

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License

MIT

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