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# VatPreset

string-backed enum in quittio/country-be · implements [`DatedTaxPreset`](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Core/Tax/DatedTaxPreset)

`Quittio\Country\BE\Tax\VatPreset` · [Source](https://github.com/Quittio/quittio/blob/v0.7.1/packages/country-be/src/Tax/VatPreset.php#L25)

Tax presets for Belgium (VAT Code, Royal Decree No. 20 on the rates).

Accommodation takes the rate that holds on the supply date of the line (TaxTables): 12 % from 1 March 2026, 6 % before. The texts default to Dutch and exist in Dutch, French, German and English; they are not reviewed by a tax adviser yet (see the README of the pack).

## Cases \#

| Case | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `Standard` | `'be.standard'` | Standard rate, 21 %. |
| `Intermediate` | `'be.intermediate'` | Intermediate rate, 12 %. |
| `Reduced` | `'be.reduced'` | Reduced rate, 6 %. |
| `Accommodation` | `'be.accommodation'` | Accommodation in hotels and campsites: 12 % from 1 March 2026, 6 % before. |
| `ZeroRated` | `'be.zero_rated'` | Zero rate, e.g. for daily newspapers (category Z). |
| `SmallBusiness` | `'be.small_business'` | Small business exemption scheme (franchise, Art. 56bis VAT Code). |
| `ReverseChargeDomestic` | `'be.reverse_charge_domestic'` | Domestic reverse charge, e.g. works on immovable property (Art. 20 Royal Decree No. 1). |
| `ReverseChargeEu` | `'be.reverse_charge_eu'` | Service to a business in another member state, which owes the VAT (Art. 196 VAT Directive). |
| `IntraCommunitySupply` | `'be.intra_community_supply'` | Intra-community supply (Art. 39bis VAT Code). |
| `Export` | `'be.export'` | Export (Art. 39 VAT Code). |
| `NotTaxableInBelgium` | `'be.not_taxable'` | Supply not taxable in Belgium (place of supply abroad). |
| `MarginSecondHand` | `'be.margin_second_hand'` | Margin scheme, second-hand goods (Art. 58 § 4 VAT Code). |
| `MarginArt` | `'be.margin_art'` | Margin scheme, works of art (Art. 58 § 4 VAT Code). |
| `MarginAntiques` | `'be.margin_antiques'` | Margin scheme, collectors' items and antiques (Art. 58 § 4 VAT Code). |
| `TravelAgency` | `'be.travel_agency'` | Margin scheme of travel agencies (Art. 58 § 3 VAT Code). |

## Methods \#

| Method | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `->category()` | |
| `::exempt()` | Tax exemption with a specific legal reference, e.g. VatPreset::exempt('artikel 44, § 2, 1°, Wetboek btw'). |
| `->exemptionReason()` | |
| `->exemptionReasonCode()` | |
| `::fromKey()` | The case of a key, e.g. of LineVat::$presetKey; null for keys of other presets. |
| `->key()` | |
| `->on()` | The preset with the rate of the date; presets without a dated rate return themselves. |
| `->rate()` | |

### `category()`#

```
public function category(): VatCategory
```

<dl><dt>Returns</dt>
<dd><code><a href="https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Core/Enums/VatCategory">VatCategory</a></code></dd>
</dl>

### `exempt()`#

```
public static function exempt(
    string $paragraph,
    VatExemptionReasonCode|RawCode|string|null $code = null,
): TaxPreset
```

static

Tax exemption with a specific legal reference, e.g. VatPreset::exempt('artikel 44, § 2, 1°, Wetboek btw').

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `$paragraph` | `string` | |
| `$code` | `[VatExemptionReasonCode](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Core/Enums/VatExemptionReasonCode)\| [RawCode](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Core/Codes/RawCode)\|string\|null` = `null` | |

<dl><dt>Returns</dt>
<dd><code><a href="https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Core/Tax/TaxPreset">TaxPreset</a></code></dd>
</dl>

### `exemptionReason()`#

```
public function exemptionReason(?string $locale = null): ?string
```

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `$locale` | `?string` = `null` | |

<dl><dt>Returns</dt>
<dd><code>?string</code></dd>
</dl>

### `exemptionReasonCode()`#

```
public function exemptionReasonCode(): ?VatExemptionReasonCode
```

<dl><dt>Returns</dt>
<dd><code>?<a href="https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Core/Enums/VatExemptionReasonCode">VatExemptionReasonCode</a></code></dd>
</dl>

### `fromKey()`#

```
public static function fromKey(string $key): ?self
```

static

The case of a key, e.g. of LineVat::$presetKey; null for keys of other presets.

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `$key` | `string` | |

<dl><dt>Returns</dt>
<dd><code>?self</code></dd>
</dl>

### `key()`#

```
public function key(): string
```

<dl><dt>Returns</dt>
<dd><code>string</code></dd>
</dl>

### `on()`#

```
public function on(Date $date): TaxPreset
```

The preset with the rate of the date; presets without a dated rate return themselves.

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `$date` | `[Date](https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Core/Support/Date)` | |

<dl><dt>Returns</dt>
<dd><code><a href="https://quittio.dev/docs/api/Quittio/Core/Tax/TaxPreset">TaxPreset</a></code></dd>
</dl>

### `rate()`#

```
public function rate(): ?BigDecimal
```

<dl><dt>Returns</dt>
<dd><code>?Brick\Math\BigDecimal</code></dd>
</dl>

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```