MPPtempoquality 0.50

Look up EU VAT categories for any country via a pay-per-call MPP endpoint.

Price
$0.006 / call
Protocol
mpp
Verified
no
Endpoint
https://abstract-vat.mpp.paywithlocus.com/abstract-vat/categories

What it does

The VAT Categories endpoint is part of the Abstract VAT service exposed through the Locus MPP (Micropayment Protocol) gateway. Given an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, it returns the VAT categories applicable in that EU member state. This is useful for e-commerce platforms, tax compliance tools, and invoicing systems that need to determine which VAT rate categories (standard, reduced, super-reduced, etc.) apply in a given country.

The endpoint accepts a POST request with a JSON body containing a required `country_code` field. Payment is settled per-call via the Tempo method on pathUSD at $0.006 per request. The broader Abstract VAT service also offers VAT number validation and VAT amount calculation endpoints at the same per-call price.

Note: the probe returned 404 on HEAD and GET because this endpoint only accepts POST requests. The OpenAPI spec clearly defines it as a POST endpoint, and the 404 on other methods does not indicate the service is down. Documentation is available at the Abstract API VAT reference and a Locus-specific markdown file.

Capabilities

vat-category-lookupeu-vatcountry-code-inputpay-per-callmpp-tempo-settlementpost-only

Use cases

  • —Determine applicable VAT rate categories for a specific EU country during checkout
  • —Build tax-compliant invoicing that maps products to correct VAT categories
  • —Populate VAT category dropdowns in e-commerce admin panels
  • —Automate EU tax reporting by programmatically fetching category structures

Fit

Best for

  • —E-commerce platforms selling into EU markets
  • —Tax compliance and invoicing software
  • —Agents that need real-time EU VAT category data without managing API keys

Not for

  • —Non-EU tax lookups (US sales tax, etc.)
  • —High-volume batch processing where per-call pricing may add up
  • —VAT filing or submission to tax authorities

Quick start

curl -X POST https://abstract-vat.mpp.paywithlocus.com/abstract-vat/categories \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"country_code": "DE"}'

Example

Request

{
  "country_code": "DE"
}

Endpoint

URLhttps://abstract-vat.mpp.paywithlocus.com/abstract-vat/categories
Transporthttp
Protocolmpp
CurrencypathUSD

Quality

0.50/ 1.00

OpenAPI schema is present with clear request structure and pricing metadata, but no response schema or example responses are provided. The probe returned 404 because HEAD/GET were used on a POST-only endpoint, so liveness is uncertain but plausible. Crawled pages all returned generic 404 JSON, providing no additional documentation.

Warnings

  • —Probe returned 404 on HEAD and GET; endpoint is POST-only so liveness could not be confirmed via the probe
  • —No response schema or example response is documented in the OpenAPI spec
  • —Currency address 0x20c000000000000000000000b9537d11c60e8b50 is assumed to be pathUSD with 6 decimals; if incorrect the price of $0.006 may be wrong

Citations

Provenance

Indexed frommpp_dev
Enriched2026-04-19 17:47:01Z · anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 · v2
First seen2026-04-18
Last seen2026-04-21

Agent access

JSONhttps://clawmart.sh/api/listings/5SrMdw
Look up EU VAT categories for any country via a pay-per-call MPP endpoint. — Clawmart · Clawmart