vat-calculator

Handle all the hard stuff related to EU MOSS tax/vat regulations, the way it should be.

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Handle all the hard stuff related to EU MOSS tax/vat regulations, the way it should be.

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Apr 10, 12:00	2017-04-10 12:00:00 UTC	2017-04-10 13:00:00 UTC	1	1
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Apr 10, 15:00	2017-04-10 15:00:00 UTC	2017-04-10 16:00:00 UTC	2	2

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mherrmann·Apr 10, 2017

The GitHub page [1] of the project this API is based on says it is required for calculating tax when selling in one's own country. I don't know in which exact case though. [1]: https://github.com/mpociot/vat-calculator

In Show HN: A REST API for Calculating VAT in the EU

mherrmann·Apr 10, 2017

The data for the API comes from the most widely used open source library on the subject [1]. It has 418 stars, is used by lots of people and is continually receiving pull requests / input from users. I bet you that it is not easy to find another entity (be it a person, an organisation or a piece of software) that knows as much about the problem. Of course, you are right about liability. You can sue your accountant. But I assume it will be more difficult for an open source project. [1]: https://github.com/mpociot/vat-calculator

In Show HN: A REST API for Calculating VAT in the EU