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Taxrates.io API
Introduction Taxrates.io is a global tax rate service that automates the management of monitoring tax rates changes in 181 countries. We monitor over 14,000 US sales tax, VAT, GST rates for you and make updates via our API so you always have the most update tax rates. You can use Taxrates.io as a virtual sandbox where we provide you with 30 days free trial. Countries We currently support the following countries around the world. If you would like to request the addition of a new country, please email us at support@taxrates.io Afghanistan Gambia Nicaragua Albania Georgia Niger Andorra Germany Nigeria Angola Ghana North Korea Antigua and Barbuda Greece Norway Argentina Grenada Pakistan Armenia Guam Palestine Aruba Guatemala Panama Australia Guinea Papua New Guinea Austria Guyana Paraguay Azerbaijan Haiti Peru Bahamas Honduras Philippines Bangladesh Hungary Poland Barbados Iceland Portugal Belarus India Puerto Rico Belgium Indonesia Republic of the Congo Belize Iran Romania Benin Ireland Russian Federation Bhutan Isle of Man Rwanda Bolivia Israel Samoa Bonaire Italy Senegal Bosnia and Herzegovina Japan Serbia Botswana Jersey Seychelles Brazil Jordan Sierra Leone Bulgaria Jordan Singap
Plan the first integration safely
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Authentication
OAuth is reported. Confirm flows, scopes, consent, token lifetime, and refresh rules.
Transport
HTTPS is not confirmed. Do not send credentials or production data until secure transport is verified.
Browser access
CORS is unknown. Treat direct browser access as unconfirmed and test before choosing a client-only architecture.
First-request sequence
- Identify the current base URL, version, and endpoint for the use case.
- Confirm how credentials are issued and where they may be stored.
- Test success, invalid input, throttling, unavailable data, and timeouts.
- Record response fields, pagination, caching, and error shapes.
- Add monitoring, retries with backoff, and an appropriate fallback.
Questions to resolve before production
Pricing and quotas
Confirm current plans, free-tier limits, overages, and request ceilings.
Endpoint coverage
Check that the operations and response fields match the intended workload.
Reliability
Look for uptime history, a status page, support routes, and service commitments.
Data and privacy
Review retention, licensing, regional processing, and compliance requirements.
Versioning
Confirm the active version, change policy, deprecation window, and migration guidance.
Developer experience
Validate SDKs, examples, error formats, pagination, and test environments.
Source reference
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