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Developers, ecommerce businesses, SaaS companies, headless commerce teams, Shopify merchants, ecommerce agencies, and finance or compliance teams handling cross-border EU sales.
About VAT Engine
VAT Engine is an EU VAT calculation and compliance platform for developers, ecommerce businesses, SaaS products, and headless commerce.
It provides a REST API and web dashboard for EU VAT calculations, current and historical VAT rates, product tax classes, VAT-inclusive and VAT-exclusive pricing, OSS/IOSS workflows, SME VAT thresholds, transaction evidence, multi-store reporting, and Shopify integration.
Developers can integrate VAT Engine into custom checkouts, SaaS billing flows, ecommerce platforms, and internal tools. The platform is designed to make EU VAT logic easier to integrate while preserving the transaction context and reporting evidence needed for later review.
VAT Engine is currently available with free alpha access.
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Starting Price:
$0
Pricing Details:
VAT Engine is currently in active alpha development. The product is available without a payment method while we validate the API, compliance workflows, and connected-source integrations.
Free Version:
Free Version available.
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VAT Engine
Founded: 2025
Germany
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