20% is the UK's standard VAT rate. The 20% standard rate applies to most goods and services in the UK. The calculator below starts at 20% — add VAT to a net price or strip it from a gross one.
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Choose whether to add VAT to a net amount or extract it from a gross total. The default rate is 20%.
The standard UK rate is 20%, with a reduced rate of 5% (e.g. domestic energy, children's car seats) and a zero rate of 0% (most food, children's clothes, books, newspapers).
100.00 + 20.00% VAT = 120.00 £To add 20% VAT, multiply the net amount by 1.20: £1,000 net → VAT £200.00, gross £1,200.00. To remove VAT from a gross price, divide by 1.20.
The 20% standard rate applies to most goods and services in the UK. The 20% rate has applied since 4 January 2011; before that the standard rate was 17.5% (with a temporary 15% cut in 2009).
| Net amount | VAT | Gross total |
|---|---|---|
| 100.00 | 20.00 | 120.00 |
| 250.00 | 50.00 | 300.00 |
| 500.00 | 100.00 | 600.00 |
| 1,000.00 | 200.00 | 1,200.00 |
| 2,500.00 | 500.00 | 3,000.00 |
| 5,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 6,000.00 |
Multiply the net by 1.20 for the gross, or by 0.20 for the VAT alone. Example: £1,000 → VAT £200.00, gross £1,200.00.
The 20% standard rate applies to most goods and services in the UK.
On 4 January 2011, when it rose from 17.5%. The rate had been cut temporarily to 15% during 2009, then restored to 17.5% before the 2011 increase.
1/6 — to get the VAT inside a gross price, divide it by 6 (because 20/120 = 1/6). Example: a £120 gross price contains £20 of VAT.
Divide the gross by 1.20. Example: £1,200.00 gross → net £1,000.00, VAT £200.00.
The standard rate is 20%, the reduced rate is 5% and some goods are zero-rated (0%). The main VAT calculator lets you use any rate.