VAT Calculator (EU + UK)
Value Added Tax on goods and services across 20 European countries — including Germany (19%), the UK (20%), France (20%), Spain (21%), Italy (22%), and Hungary (27%). Pick a country to load its standard rate or override with your own (useful for reduced rates on books, food, hospitality etc.). Add VAT to a net price, or extract VAT from a gross total.
How VAT works
VAT is charged as a percentage on top of the net price. A €100 product with 21% Dutch VAT sells for €121 gross — €100 net + €21 VAT. The business that sold it remits the €21 to the tax authority (minus any VAT it paid on its own inputs). End consumers can't reclaim it; businesses generally can.
Standard VAT rates by country (2025)
- Hungary
- 27% — highest in the EU
- Sweden, Denmark, Norway
- 25%
- Finland
- 25.5%
- Italy
- 22%
- Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Czechia, Greece, Poland, Ireland, Portugal, Romania
- 21–24%
- UK, France, Austria
- 20%
- Germany, Romania
- 19%
- Switzerland
- 8.1% (lowest in Western Europe)
Frequently asked questions
- Are reduced VAT rates supported?
- Yes — leave the country selector on the right country but override the rate field (e.g. 5% for UK domestic energy, 7% for German food).
- Why is my receipt's reverse-VAT different from this calculator?
- Retailers sometimes round at the line-item level; this calculator rounds at the total. Off by a cent or two is normal.