v2.6.1
Tax & Rate Data Updates- β ImprovedCanada: Nova Scotia HST cut from 15% to 14%, effective April 1, 2025 β the first rate reduction by any Atlantic HST province since harmonization began in 1997.
- β ImprovedCanada: federal lowest income tax bracket cut from 15% to 14%, effective July 1, 2025.
- β ImprovedUS: Arkansas eliminated its remaining state-level grocery tax, effective January 1, 2026.
- β ImprovedUS: Illinois eliminated its 1% statewide grocery tax and removed its 200-transaction economic nexus test, both effective January 1, 2026.
- β ImprovedUS: Mississippi cut its grocery sales tax rate from 7% to 5%, effective July 1, 2025.
- β ImprovedUS: Kentucky is removing its 200-transaction economic nexus test effective August 1, 2026.
- β ImprovedEurope: Estonia VAT raised from 22% to 24%, effective July 1, 2025.
- β ImprovedEurope: Romania VAT raised from 19% to 21% and reduced-rate brackets consolidated to a single 11%, effective August 1, 2025.
- β ImprovedEurope: Slovakia VAT raised from 20% to 23%, effective January 1, 2025.
- β ImprovedEurope: Finland VAT raised from 24% to 25.5%, effective September 1, 2024.
- β ImprovedGlobal: Vietnam's new Corporate Income Tax Law took effect October 1, 2025, with preferential rates for priority sectors (semiconductors, AI data centers, renewable energy).
- β ImprovedGlobal: Russia VAT increase from 20% to 22% takes effect January 2026; reflected in the global tax rates dataset.
- β ImprovedGlobal: Israel VAT raised to 18%, effective January 1, 2025.
- β¦ NewAdded /jurisdiction-rates.json β machine-readable dataset exposing every individual US state, Canadian province/territory, European country, and global country tax rate with its source and effective date.
- β¦ NewAdded /glossary.json β machine-readable export of all glossary term definitions.