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.
Sweden | |
| standard | 25% Most goods and services that are not subject to a reduced VAT rate or an exemption. This includes spirits, wine and strong beer. |
| reduced | 12% Restaurant and catering services; hotel and similar accommodation and camping; supplies and intra-Community acquisitions of works of art when the margin scheme is not used, and imports of works of art, collectors’ items and antiques; repairs of bicycles, shoes, leather goods, clothing and household linen. 6% Food temporarily from 1 April 2026 through 31 December 2027; passenger transport; books, newspapers and certain electronic publications; admission to concerts, circuses, theatre, opera and ballet and, from 1 July 2026, dance events; zoos and certain presentations of natural areas; certain library and museum services; certain copyrights; and sports services. |
| Upcoming changes: | |
| 1 Jan 2028 | The temporary VAT reduction on foodstuffs ends and the rate returns from 6% to 12%. Skatteverket |
| Past changes: | |
| 1 Jul 2026 | VAT on admission to dance events is reduced from 25% to 6%. Skatteverket |
| 1 Apr 2026 | The VAT rate on foodstuffs is temporarily reduced from 12% to 6% through 31 December 2027. Restaurant and catering services remain at 12%, while spirits, wine and strong beer remain at 25%. Skatteverket |
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.