Vatstack
Vatstack is a VAT API for businesses that need tax services around payments, especially sellers of telecommunications, broadcasting, and electronic services to international customers. Its rates API brings together rules for domestic and cross-border sales and updates rates when government changes take effect. The API can calculate VAT-inclusive or VAT-exclusive prices, determine customer location from an IP address or billing address, and check VAT numbers for exemption. It can also adjust rates for some digital products, including ebooks. Real-time VAT and GST number checks cover the 27 EU member states, Australia, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. EU and UK checks receive a consultation number, with validation records stored in the cloud and replicated between EU AWS data centers. Users can validate numbers in bulk by uploading a CSV through the dashboard. Vatstack compiles VAT OSS and EC Sales List reports, converting amounts with European Central Bank exchange rates. Its Stripe integration syncs invoices, location evidence, and tax IDs, and adjusts reports for refunds. A free plan is available; paid plans start at $15/mo.
Who it is for
Vatstack suits businesses selling covered digital services internationally that need VAT calculations, number checks, and reporting through an API. It may also suit teams using Stripe that want invoice and tax data synced into reports.
What is good
- Calculates VAT-inclusive and VAT-exclusive prices.
- VAT and GST checks cover listed countries and regions.
- Bulk validation is available through CSV import.
- Stripe integration syncs invoices, location evidence, and tax IDs.
What to know first
- Paid plans start at $15/mo.
- Some plan usage beyond included capacities is billed per use.
Verdict
Vatstack combines VAT calculations, validation, and reporting for cross-border sales, with API access and a Stripe integration. Check the included monthly capacities and per-use charges against expected volumes.
Vatstack plans and pricing
All plansCompared on tax engine software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $15/mo
- Transaction limit
- 100 transactions/mo
- Real-time calculation
- Yes
- Tax types
- multiple
- API access
- Yes
- Commerce connectors
- Yes
