VAT calculator online, from net to gross price
From net to gross and back, with the workings shown
Net
€100.00
VAT
€20.00
Gross
€120.00
To get back to the net figure you divide, you do not subtract. Taking 20 % off a gross price lands about three per cent below the real amount.
The rate depends on the service, not on the sector. When in doubt, the tax guidance beats habit.
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Recovering a net price from a gross amount is the most frequent arithmetic mistake in everyday management: taking twenty per cent off a gross price does not give the net price. You have to divide, not subtract, and the gap becomes noticeable within a few hundred pounds. This calculator works both ways, shows the tax amount separately and offers the current rates.
How to use it
How it works
Choose the direction
Net to gross, or the other way round. The two calculations differ, it is not the same operation reversed.
Pick the rate
The standard rates are offered, and a free rate covers special cases or other countries.
Read the breakdown
The tax amount shows separately, ready to copy onto an invoice or a quote.
Worth knowing
Four things to keep in mind
Divide, do not subtract
To recover net from gross at twenty per cent you divide by 1.2. Subtracting twenty per cent of the gross gives a result about three per cent lower, which shows up fast on an annual turnover.
The rate depends on the service
Eat in, takeaway, renovation work, food products: the applicable rate varies and is easy to get wrong. When in doubt, the tax guidance beats habit.
Mind rounding in series
Rounding every line of an invoice then adding does not give the same total as adding then rounding. On a thirty-line quote, the difference becomes visible.
A small business exemption changes everything
Below the threshold there is no VAT to charge, and the corresponding notice is mandatory on the invoice. The calculator does not know that for you.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
In France, twenty per cent standard, ten per cent intermediate, five and a half reduced and two point one special. Rates differ by country and some territories apply their own.
The margin scheme mostly applies to second-hand goods. The tax is then calculated on the difference between selling and buying price, not on the full selling price. This calculator does not cover that case.
To a consumer, the gross price must be displayed. Between businesses the convention is net, but the gross has to appear on the invoice.
The result is given to the penny, rounded to nearest. On an invoice, the rounding rule you choose has to stay the same from one document to the next.
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