tax.vatcomply.rates
Get current VAT rates for EU countries — standard rate, reduced rates, super-reduced rate, parking rate. Query one country or all 27 EU members. Sourced from EU TEDB (VATcomply)
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What tax.vatcomply.rates does on Apibase
AI agents call tax.vatcomply.rates to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
country_code | string | — | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for specific country VAT rates (e.g. "DE", "FR", "IT"). Omit for all EU countries |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why tax.vatcomply.rates is rated Low
Retrieves public VAT rate data with no side effects or modifications.
From the tool's definition Get current VAT rates for EU countries — query one country or all 27 EU members.
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The rule that runs tax.vatcomply.rates safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For tax.vatcomply.rates, this is the rule to start with:
tax.vatcomply.rates is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every tax.vatcomply.rates call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about tax.vatcomply.rates
Get current VAT rates for EU countries — standard rate, reduced rates, super-reduced rate, parking rate. Query one country or all 27 EU members. Sourced from EU TEDB (VATcomply). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
tax.vatcomply.rates accepts 1 parameter: country_code. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for tax.vatcomply.rates: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
tax.vatcomply.rates is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the tax.vatcomply.rates rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for tax.vatcomply.rates. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
tax.vatcomply.rates is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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