Free VAT calculator: add or remove VAT, IVA or GST from any price. Standard rates for 39 countries including Mexico, Spain, Argentina and the UK.
Shows the standard VAT/IVA/GST rate for the selected country as a convenience; most countries also apply reduced, zero and exempt categories to specific goods and services. Confirm the correct rate for your item with the national tax authority. Not tax advice.
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Enter a price and this calculator gives you the net, the tax and the gross — in either direction. Pick a country to load its standard rate (and its reduced rate where one applies), or type your own. Covers 39 countries across Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific, whether the tax is called VAT, IVA, GST, IGV, ITBIS, ITBMS or ISV.
VAT is a consumption tax charged at each stage of production, with businesses reclaiming what they paid on inputs, so the final consumer bears the whole amount. It is the norm almost everywhere outside the United States. Adding it is a multiplication; removing it is a division, which is where most mistakes happen — you cannot take 21% off a VAT-inclusive price and get back to the net, because the 21% was charged on the smaller net figure, not on the total.
VAT Calculation
Back out the net from a tax-inclusive receipt or invoice.
Add the right rate before sending a quote abroad.
Split a gross total into the net and tax lines.
Work out the tax due on an international purchase.
See what the same product costs under 39 different rates.
Dividing by 1 + the rate is not the same as subtracting the rate.
Price the same product for 39 different tax jurisdictions.
Food, medicine and books rarely pay the standard rate.
Split a gross total into the net and tax lines an invoice needs.
Understand what you actually pay when buying from abroad.
Divide the gross price by 1 plus the rate. At 21%, divide by 1.21: a gross of 121 is a net of 100 and 21 of VAT. Subtracting 21% instead would give 95.59, which is wrong — the tax was charged on the net, not on the total.
Multiply the net price by 1 plus the rate. At 16% IVA, 1,000 × 1.16 = 1,160, of which 160 is tax.
Mexico charges a standard IVA of 16% on most goods and services, with a 0% rate on exports and certain basic foods and medicines.
Spain charges a standard IVA of 21%, a reduced rate of 10% on items such as food, passenger transport and hospitality, and a super-reduced 4% on basic necessities like bread, milk, books and medicine.
Sales tax is collected once, at the final sale to the consumer. VAT is collected at every stage of production and distribution, with each business reclaiming the VAT it paid on its own purchases. The end consumer bears the same total either way.
Most countries charge a lower rate on essentials — food, medicine, books, children’s items, home energy. Spain applies 10% and 4%, Argentina 10.5%, Colombia 5%, the UK 5% and 0%. Select a country above to load its reduced rate.
VAT-registered businesses can generally reclaim the VAT paid on business expenses by offsetting it against the VAT they charge. Visitors to some countries can also claim a refund on goods taken home. The rules and thresholds vary by country.
EU consumer law requires displayed prices to be the price you actually pay, VAT included. The US has no such rule, so sales tax is added at the register — which is why an American shopper meets the tax at checkout and a European never sees it separately.