Calculate the VAT of a receipt or invoice with our online VAT calculator. Add VAT to a net amount or remove it from a total with precision, using your country's rate or any other you need. Use a period as the decimal separator.
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This calculator solves the two most common situations when working with VAT at the same time: starting from a net amount (without tax) or starting from a total amount (tax included). You don't need to know beforehand which case applies to you, because both results are calculated in parallel.
To use it, follow these steps:
19990.5.This flexibility makes the calculator useful both for Chile's 19% or Spain's 21%, and for any other general or reduced rate you need to apply.
Value Added Tax (VAT) is an indirect tax levied on the consumption of goods and services. It is called "indirect" because the one who ultimately pays it is the consumer, although the one who declares and remits it to the tax authority is the business that sells the good or provides the service. In practice, the seller acts as an intermediary: it charges the tax on each sale and passes it on to its country's tax authority, deducting the VAT it in turn paid on its own purchases.
Each country sets its own VAT rate (or its equivalent, such as GST in Australia, IGV in Peru, or ITBIS in the Dominican Republic), as well as the exceptions and reduced rates that apply to certain products or services. That's why there is no "universal VAT": worldwide, the general rate can range from 4.5% in Andorra to 27% in Hungary, and there are even countries, such as the United States, that do not apply VAT at a national level. You can check the current rate in more than 130 countries in the table below.
To calculate VAT you only need two figures: the reference amount (net or total) and the applicable tax rate, expressed as a decimal (for example, 10% equals 0.10). From there, there are two formulas depending on what you want to obtain.
Used when you know the price without tax and want to know the VAT and the total to be paid:
Total amount = Net amount × (1 + VAT)
VAT amount = Total amount − Net amount
Used when you know the final price (tax included) and want to know the net amount and how much corresponds to VAT:
Net amount = Total amount ÷ (1 + VAT)
VAT amount = Total amount − Net amount
A common mistake is to subtract the percentage directly from the total (for example, calculating 10% of $100,000 and subtracting it). This is incorrect, because that 10% was calculated on the total and not on the net amount: subtracting it results in a net amount lower than the real one. That's why you should always divide the total by (1 + VAT) to correctly work out the net amount.
A product has a net amount of $100,000 and the applicable VAT rate is 10% (0.10):
VAT amount = 100,000 × 0.10 = $10,000
Total amount = 100,000 + 10,000 = $110,000
The final price paid by the consumer is $110,000, of which $10,000 corresponds to the VAT that the business must declare.
An invoice arrives for a total of $110,000, tax included, with a VAT rate of 10% (0.10):
Net amount = 110,000 ÷ 1.10 = $100,000
VAT amount = 110,000 − 100,000 = $10,000
The net amount of the product or service is $100,000, and the VAT included in the invoice is $10,000. Note that, although the final VAT amount matches the previous example, this happens because we started from the exact result; in practice it's always best to divide to avoid carrying rounding errors.
The general VAT rate (or its local equivalent, such as GST or sales tax) varies significantly between countries. This table summarizes the standard rate in effect in more than 130 countries; keep in mind that most also maintain reduced rates or exemptions for specific products and services, which are not detailed here.
Countries marked with "-" do not apply VAT or an equivalent consumption tax. When a range is shown (min.-max.), the rate varies by state, province, region, or type of product within the same country (for example, Brazil by state, Canada by province, Portugal by region, or the United States, where there is no federal VAT and each state sets its own sales tax, including five states with no such tax).
Yes, and of two types: full exemption and reduced rate. Each country is free to decide which products, services, or business activities will be exempt from VAT. These exemptions commonly respond to policies aimed at encouraging consumption in certain industries, lowering the cost of household basic goods, or promoting sectors such as health, education, or exports.
In addition to full exemption, many countries maintain reduced VAT rates that apply only to certain products or services (for example, basic foods, books, or public transport), instead of the general rate. If your product or service has a rate different from your country's general rate, remember to adjust it in the VAT field before calculating.
Multiply the net amount by the rate as a decimal (10% = 0.10) to get the VAT amount, and add it to the net amount to get the total: Total amount = Net amount × (1 + 0.10). This calculator performs both operations automatically once you enter the amount and the rate.
Divide the total amount by (1 + VAT rate as a decimal). For example, if the total is $110,000 and the rate is 10%, the net amount is 110,000 ÷ 1.10 = $100,000. Subtracting the percentage directly from the total is a common mistake that gives an incorrect result.
The net amount is the price of the good or service without taxes. VAT is the tax amount added on top of that net amount. The total amount is the sum of both: what the consumer ultimately pays.
No. Each country sets its own general VAT rate (or its equivalent, such as GST, IGV, or ITBIS), and may also define reduced rates or exemptions for certain products. Check the table on this page to see the general rate in effect in more than 130 countries around the world.
Yes. The VAT field is pre-filled with the typical rate for your country based on your location, but you can freely edit it to use the general or reduced rate of any country, or any other tax percentage you need to calculate.