{"uid":"cap_mNSclVpCXkAOHUDhoKg5D","slug":"ausref-changes-feed-australasian-government-reference-data-6655c8f3","name":"ausref Changes Feed — 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/changes?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":null,"responseSchema":{"type":"json","example":{"since":"2026-07-01","changes":[{"series":"minimum-wage","country":"AR","effective_from":"2026-07-01"}]}},"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.005","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"registry","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.005/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.005","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.005","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_qCA0-SD-3y5euuV7kpgTH","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.005","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":null,"unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Returns a list of government reference data series (policy rates, VAT, minimum wages, public holidays) that have changed since a specified date for Australia and New Zealand.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Check ausref and tell me which Australian or New Zealand government reference series — like policy rates, minimum wages, VAT, or public holidays — have changed since July 1, 2025.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Compliance alert for payroll system","prompt":"Have there been any changes to the Australian or New Zealand minimum wage since January 1, 2025? I need to know so I can update our payroll system before the next pay run."},{"title":"Central bank rate monitoring for finance dashboard","prompt":"Pull the latest changes feed from ausref and tell me if the RBA or RBNZ has updated its policy rate at all since April 1, 2025 — I need to refresh our finance dashboard."},{"title":"Tax rate update check for accounting software","prompt":"Has the GST or VAT rate changed in Australia or New Zealand since the start of this financial year on July 1, 2025? Flag any changes with their effective dates."}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object containing a 'since' date and an array of 'changes', each entry identifying the series name (e.g. minimum-wage, policy-rate, VAT, public-holidays), country code (au/nz), and effective_from date — allowing the caller to know exactly which official data points need refreshing.","failureModes":["Invalid or missing 'since' date parameter returns an error or empty result","Date format not ISO 8601 may be rejected","Requesting unsupported country codes outside au/nz returns empty or error","Payment not fulfilled (x402) results in a 402 Payment Required response","Service may return stale data if upstream government sources have not been re-confirmed"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need to poll for changes across multiple Australasian government reference series at once, rather than fetching a specific current value. Ideal for change-detection workflows, compliance monitoring pipelines, or cache-invalidation logic where you only want to re-fetch series that have actually changed since your last check.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-31T06:45:22.856Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"ausref-changes-feed-australasian-government-reference-data-6655c8f3"}