Description
The VatAPI.categories() method is used to communicate with this endpoint as seen below:
VatAPI.categories(country_code)
Query Parameters
The two letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country in which the transaction takes place.
Usage
Below is a code snippet to query the VatAPI.categories() method:
from abstract_python import VatAPI
api_key = "your-vat-api-key"
api = VatAPI(api_key)
country_code = "BE"
response = api.categories(country_code)
print(response)
Below is the response object:
[
{
'country_code': 'BE',
'rate': '0.000',
'category': 'newspapers',
'description': "Supply, including on loan by libraries, of books, newspapers and
periodicals either on physical means of support or supplied electronically or both
(including brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter, children's picture, drawing or colouring books, music printed or in manuscript form,
maps and hydrographic or similar charts), other than publications wholly or predominantly devoted to advertising and other than publications wholly
or predominantly consisting of video content or audible music. Newspapers and some periodical publications under the conditions provided for in Royal
Decree N° 20, Table C, category I (on paper and digital) and that do not fall under the mentionned exceptions\nThe reduced rate only applies for
those goods in 4902."
},
.....
{'status': 200}
]
Response Fields
The two letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country in which the transaction takes place.
The VAT rate for this specific category.
The name of the category.
A description about the category.
