VAT Calculator calculates the VAT amount as well as the price with and without VAT. The VAT % is pre-filled, but you can change it or clear the value. The results are rounded to your desired precision. You can also make a currency conversion.
You can also choose the VAT% by clicking the percentages in the tables below.
Czech Republic | |
| standard | 21% Most goods and services. For example, alcoholic beverages and most non-alcoholic beverages, bottled water. Hairdressing services, cut flowers, firewood, household cleaning, shoe and bicycle repairs, air transport, municipal waste collection. |
| reduced | 12% Food (excluding most beverages), animal feed, accommodation, restaurant services (excluding beverages other than tap water and milk-based drinks), water supply and sewerage services, heating and cooling, medicines, medical devices, gluten-free products, newspapers and periodicals, child car seats, public transport, cultural and sporting events, funeral services, social housing construction, and repairs to dwellings and residential buildings. |
Businesses not registered for VAT (with a turnover of no more than CZK 2,000,000 per calendar year) do not charge VAT.
| Upcoming changes: | |
| 1 Jan 2027 | VAT on non-alcoholic drinks served for consumption on the premises falls from 21% to 12%. The reduction does not apply to takeaway drinks. Ministry of Finance |
| Past changes: | |
| 1 Jan 2024 | The reduced rates of 15% and 10% are being merged into a reduced rate of 12%. Most beverages (including draught beer), hairdressing services, cut flowers, firewood, household cleaning, shoe and bicycle repairs, air transport and municipal waste collection are moving to the standard rate of 21%. Books are exempt from VAT with the right to deduct input tax. General Financial Directorate (PDF, in Czech) |
Note! The VAT information on this page is general information, not tax advice. The information is not exhaustive. VAT rules include many exceptions and special cases. Check the treatment of your situation in the tax administration's guidelines. Information last checked 6 Oct 2026. If you find errors in the information, please let us know. Read our editorial principles.
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VAT rounding: the EU, the UK and other European countries
The EU VAT Directive and the Court of Justice of the European Union leave VAT rounding rules to be decided at national level. National rules vary. In the UK, HMRC allows VAT on B2B invoices to be rounded down to the nearest whole penny.
Roundings in VAT calculation: Mathematically impossible prices?
There are a whole range of VAT-inclusive prices that cannot be mathematically arrived at if the tax is calculated from the VAT-free price. One example is 3.99. These prices are also possible, but then the VAT-free price must be interpreted as rounded.
VAT Gap - How much VAT is left uncollected in EU countries?
9.5% of VAT was left uncollected in EU countries. See the list of EU countries and candidate countries.
In Europe there is VAT - in the US sales tax
In Europe, companies belonging to the production chain account for the VAT paid by the consumer to the state in proportion to their value added. The US sales tax, on the other hand, is billed entirely by the company that made the consumer sale. Sales tax is paid to local operators, not to the state.
Many of today's taxes were already in use in Antiquity. Deciding on taxation has moved from autocrats to parliaments and the level of taxation has risen. In earlier times taxes were used to wage wars, today taxes are used to maintain welfare states.