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.
Germany | |
| standard rate | 19% Most goods and services unless a reduced rate, zero rate or exemption applies. Examples include clothing, electronic goods, fuel and most beverages. Drinks supplied as part of restaurant and catering services remain subject to the standard rate. |
| reduced rate | 7% Includes many foodstuffs; books, newspapers and periodicals and qualifying electronic publications; short-term accommodation; passenger transport by rail and certain local transport, taxi, ferry and cable-car services; admission to theatres, concerts and museums and certain cultural, circus, zoo and swimming-pool services. From 1 January 2025 it also applies to qualifying works of art and collectors’ items. From 1 January 2026 it also applies to food supplied as part of restaurant and catering services, but not beverages. Where the margin scheme is used, the margin is taxed at the standard rate. |
| Past changes: | |
| 1 Jan 2026 | The VAT rate on food supplied as part of restaurant and catering services is permanently reduced from 19% to 7%. Drinks remain subject to 19%. Federal Ministry of Finance |
| 1 Jan 2025 | The reduced 7% VAT rate is reintroduced for qualifying works of art and collectors’ items. Under the margin scheme, however, the margin remains subject to the standard 19% rate. German Federal Ministry of Finance (PDF) |
| 1 Apr 2024 | The temporary reduced VAT rate on natural gas supplied through the gas network and heat supplied through a heating network ends. The rate returns from 7% to 19%. German VAT Act, § 28(5)–(6) UStG |
| 1 Jan 2024 | The temporary reduced VAT rate on food supplied as part of restaurant and catering services ends. The rate returns from 7% to 19%; drinks were already subject to 19%. German Federal Ministry of Finance (PDF) |
| 1 Jan 2023 | A new 0% VAT rate is introduced for qualifying photovoltaic systems, including specified essential components, electricity storage systems and installation. German Federal Ministry of Finance |
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.
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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.