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Standard rate, local name, reduced bands, inclusive or not.

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The standard consumption-tax rate, what it is called locally (VAT, GST, IVA, ITBIS), the reduced bands, and whether prices legally include it. Nulls where no national rate exists — never a fabricated number.

Why it works_

Charge the right tax, display it correctly

  1. 01

    Rates that were re-verified

    Researched against national tax authorities and re-checked on each release — we caught Kazakhstan going to 16% and Fiji being cut to 12.5%.

  2. 02

    Inclusive vs exclusive

    Whether the law expects tax inside the shelf price or added at checkout, per country.

  3. 03

    Honest gaps

    Markets with no single national rate return null, not a made-up figure.

The data behind it_

tax-intelligence.sh 
curl "https://api.localesense.com/v1/self" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ls_live_..." \
  -H "CF-IPCountry: DE"
Tax
  • Tax Sales Tax · added at checkout, varies by state

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FAQs

Tax intelligence — frequently asked

What is the standard VAT or GST rate for a given country?

Each country profile returns the standard consumption-tax rate, what it is called locally (VAT, GST, IVA, ITBIS and so on), any reduced bands, and whether prices legally include the tax. Rates are researched against national authorities and re-checked every release.

Do prices need to include tax, or is it added at checkout?

That depends on the market, and the profile tells you: many countries require the shelf price to already contain VAT, while others add it at checkout. The tax_included_in_price flag lets you display prices lawfully in each place.

What happens for countries with no single national tax rate?

We return null rather than a made-up figure. Places like the US, where sales tax is set at state and local level, do not have one national rate, and inventing one would be worse than admitting the gap.

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