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VAT Calculator
Calculate net, VAT and gross amounts using a country preset or your own rate.
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Result
- VAT amount
- 200.00
- calculated automatically
- VAT rate
- 20%
Calculation
1000.00 × 1.2 = 1200.00
Calculation inputs
The country suggests a rate. You can edit the rate.
Enter net
Enter gross
Rates reviewed 2026-08-22. Confirm the rate with that country's tax authority before invoicing. The calculator performs the arithmetic but does not decide which rate applies to a sale.
Typical variants
Common net and gross amounts — United Kingdom
United Kingdom: round net amounts at every rate currently in force. The figures come from the calculator above, not from a table copied off another site; the rates themselves were last reviewed on 2026-08-22.
| Net | VAT 20% | Gross 20% | VAT 5% | Gross 5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ 100.00 | £ 20.00 | £ 120.00 | £ 5.00 | £ 105.00 |
| £ 200.00 | £ 40.00 | £ 240.00 | £ 10.00 | £ 210.00 |
| £ 500.00 | £ 100.00 | £ 600.00 | £ 25.00 | £ 525.00 |
| £ 1 000.00 | £ 200.00 | £ 1 200.00 | £ 50.00 | £ 1 050.00 |
| £ 2 000.00 | £ 400.00 | £ 2 400.00 | £ 100.00 | £ 2 100.00 |
| £ 5 000.00 | £ 1 000.00 | £ 6 000.00 | £ 250.00 | £ 5 250.00 |
| £ 10 000.00 | £ 2 000.00 | £ 12 000.00 | £ 500.00 | £ 10 500.00 |
Details
About this tool
Enter either the net or gross amount. The calculator updates all three values at once: net, VAT and gross. Country presets fill in a standard rate, while the rate remains editable for reduced rates and special cases.
VAT cannot be removed from a gross price by subtracting the percentage. At 23%, a gross amount of 1230 contains 230 of VAT, so the net amount is 1230 divided by 1.23, which equals 1000. The calculation shown below the result makes the chosen basis clear.
Each country preset displays its source and review date. Rates and product classifications can change, so confirm the correct rate with the relevant tax authority before using the result on an invoice or tax return.
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Good to know
Questions people actually ask
- Why is the United States not on the list?
- Because the United States has no VAT. It levies sales tax, set independently by states, counties and cities, charged once at the point of sale rather than at each stage of production, across more than ten thousand jurisdictions. There is no national rate to offer, and inventing one would be worse than leaving it out.
- Why can't I just take 23% off a gross price?
- Because the 23 per cent was calculated on the net amount, not on the gross. From 1230 gross, subtracting 23 per cent gives 947.10, while the correct net is 1230 ÷ 1.23 = 1000 - a difference of nearly 53. Removing VAT is always a division by (1 + rate), and the subtraction always understates the net.
- Which rate applies to my product?
- That is a question for the tax rules of the country in question, not for a calculator. Most systems have a standard rate plus one or more reduced rates covering food, books, medicines, transport, accommodation and construction, and the boundaries between categories are famously fiddly. The rate field is editable for exactly this reason.
- Are the rates up to date?
- Every country preset shows its source and the date when the table was reviewed. Rates can change, so confirm the applicable rate with the relevant tax authority before preparing an invoice, return or customs declaration.
- Why is there no currency field?
- Because it would change nothing. VAT is a percentage, and the arithmetic is identical whether the amount is in złoty, euros or yen. A currency selector would have been a field that looks like it matters and does not - so it was removed. The country selector is the one that carries information, and all it does is fill in the rate.