About Global VAT Calc

What this site does

Global VAT Calc adds VAT to a net price and removes VAT from a gross price — with dedicated calculators for 26 countries and the standard rates for 28 on the rates page. Everything runs in your browser: nothing you type is sent anywhere, stored on a server, or attached to an account.

The site exists because the alternative is a spreadsheet, a phone calculator, or a search result that answers a slightly different question. VAT is genuinely simple maths with two common traps (removing VAT by subtracting, and using the wrong country's rate), so a focused tool removes both.

Who runs it

Global VAT Calc is independently run by a small editorial team. We publish under a team byline rather than individual names, because the pages are a collective product and the team is accountable for every figure. How we produce, check and correct content is documented on the editorial standards page, and the maths is documented on the methodology page — including where we are deliberately conservative about rates.

Why it is free (and how it pays for itself)

The calculators are free because they are inexpensive to run: the site is static, so serving it costs very little. It is supported by advertising — ad revenue, not affiliate commissions or paid placements, so no calculator result is ever influenced by a partner. If ads ever make a page unusable, tell us; the reading experience comes first.

How we keep it accurate

Rates are compiled from official tax authorities (HMRC, Revenue, and their equivalents in each country we cover), cross-checked when a change is announced, and each page carries a last-reviewed date. Amounts of divergence from the original source are intentional: we present “indicative presets” rather than pretending a static page is a live feed — and we say so plainly on every calculator.

Found something wrong? Tell us — confirmed errors are fixed and the review date is bumped, usually within days.

What this site is not

Global VAT Calc is not a tax adviser, accountant, or legal service. It cannot tell you which rate applies to a specific transaction, whether you have to register, or how to treat a particular cross-border case. For those questions the answer depends on your exact situation — speak to a qualified professional or the tax authority. Our tools give you the arithmetic so those conversations start from the right numbers.