{"uid":"cap_Oru0S8Y0id-qfh-r1Tq5b","slug":"ausref-australasian-government-reference-data-6d3451f7","name":"ausref - Australasian Government Reference Data","description":"Australasian government reference data for 8 countries as cited JSON: central-bank policy rates, VAT/GST and VAT registration thresholds, CPI, corporate, personal and withholding tax, social contributions, minimum wages, statutory interest, official FX rates, filing deadlines and public holidays (coverage varies by country). Every value carries its official source URL and last-confirmed date. Single facts $0.003; country brief (every series for one country) $0.01; cross-country compare (one series, up to 10 countries) $0.02; tax-ID and VAT-number checks $0.003; computed answers (VAT, income tax, working days, minimum-wage check) $0.01-$0.02. Pay per call in USDC on Base via x402 or MPP, no signup, or by card with credit packs or monthly plans on one key valid across all 7 regional services. Free tier: GET /catalog, plus a free email key with 50 answer calls a day, commercial use allowed. Finished answers, one cited dossier per call (supported countries vary per job; others are refused free): cost this hire (wage-floor verdict, contributions, employer cost) $0.50; charge this sale (which VAT applies, net/VAT/gross) $0.50; charge this sale certified (plus a signed VAT-rate extract) $0.75; invoice due date and statutory late interest $0.40; country evidence pack (brief plus signed extracts) $0.25; hire compare $0.75 for 2 countries, $1.00 for 3-5; next filings (VAT, PAYE, corporate-tax due dates rolled for holidays) $0.35.\n\nFree trial: 3 computed-answer calls per day per IP on POST /v1/answers/* with header X-Free-Trial: 1 (without it, the normal x402 402; once used up, the 402 carries free_trial_resets_at). MCP answer tools use the trial automatically when no api_key is passed. Every series of the evaluation country is free. Card credit (same per-call price as x402): /pricing.","url":"https://ausref.dev/v1/%7Bcountry%7D/%7Bseries%7D?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","properties":{"properties":{"type":"string"}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"json","example":{"unit":"percent","notes":"The Board raised the target 25bp from 4.10% to 4.35% at its 5 May 2026 meeting (media release mr-26-12); RBA convention is that a change takes effect the business day AFTER the decision, hence effective_from 2026-05-06. The Board met again on 16 June 2026 and left the target unchanged, so 4.35% is confirmed current as at 2026-07-20. 2026 tightening sequence to date: 3.60% -> 3.85% (decision 3 Feb 2026, mr-26-03, eff. 4 Feb 2026), -> 4.10% (decision 17 Mar 2026, eff. 18 Mar 2026, a 5-4 split), -> 4.35% (decision 5 May 2026, eff. 6 May 2026), unchanged 16 Jun 2026. Since the Reserve Bank Reforms Act 2025 (Cth) commenced the decision-maker is the Monetary Policy Board (not the former single Reserve Bank Board), and votes are published: the May 2026 decision was 8-1 (eight to raise 25bp, one to hold at 4.10%). The RBA does not set the cash rate by legal instrument - it is an operational target implemented through open market operations and the Exchange Settlement Account remuneration corridor (ES balances remunerated at the target). ACCESS QUIRK: rba.gov.au returns HTTP 403 to automated fetchers; this value was read from the official page and media release via a plain-text rendering proxy (r.jina.ai) of the same URLs and via search-engine surfacing of rba.gov.au content, not from a third-party aggregator. Next scheduled decision: 11 August 2026.","stale":false,"value":4.35,"series":"policy-rate","source":{"url":"https://www.rba.gov.au/statistics/cash-rate/","name":"Reserve Bank of Australia, Cash Rate Target statistical table (F1.1) and Monetary Policy Board decision of 5 May 2026 (media release 2026-12, 'Statement by the Monetary Policy Board: Monetary Policy Decision', https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2026/mr-26-12.html)"},"country":"AU","disclaimer":"Independent service, not affiliated with any government. 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I need the official value with a citation to the primary government source and the effective date so I can include it in a compliance document.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Compliance report with cited RBA cash rate","prompt":"I'm drafting a financial compliance report and need the current Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate — can you get me the exact value, when it took effect, and a link to the official RBA source so I can cite it properly?"},{"title":"NZ GST rate check for invoicing system","prompt":"Our invoicing software needs to apply the correct GST rate for New Zealand — what is the current official NZ VAT/GST percentage, and is it still confirmed up to date?"},{"title":"Australian minimum wage for HR policy update","prompt":"We're updating our HR policy and need the current national minimum wage for Australia with a citation to the official government gazette — can you pull that for me including the effective date?"}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object containing: the requested data series value and unit, the country, effective_from date, last_confirmed date, a stale boolean flag, descriptive notes with context about how/when the value was set, and a source object with the official primary source name and URL. Also includes a disclaimer noting the service is independent of government.","failureModes":["Invalid country code returns an error (only 'au' and 'nz' are supported)","Invalid series name returns an error (only policy-rate, vat-rate, minimum-wage, public-holidays supported)","Data marked as stale if not recently confirmed against official sources","Upstream government sites (e.g. rba.gov.au) may block automated fetching, causing delayed updates","Payment failure via x402 protocol results in HTTP 402 before data is returned"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need machine-readable, officially cited government reference values for Australia or New Zealand — especially when you need to include a traceable primary source (government gazette, central bank statement) rather than relying on unverified third-party data. Ideal for compliance documents, financial applications, HR systems, or any context requiring an authoritative, dated reference rather than a best-effort web scrape.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-26T18:30:22.795Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"ausref-australasian-government-reference-data-6d3451f7"}