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Disclaimer: Our VAT Calculator is made to give you an estimated Value Added Tax. This tool is designed with the information and data which is provided online in 2025. Always check the Revenue.ie website for the latest and up to date information.
What is VAT (Value Added Tax)?
VAT known as Value Added Tax, which is composed on the goods and different services which are sold in Ireland and also in European Union. This tax is applied on self employed, business owners, importers and also on a consumer.
Different businesses take this tax with the order of Irish Government and then pay it to the Revenue Commissioners. Whenever any Irish people registered a new car or import a vehicle in Ireland they need to pay VRT (Vehicle Registration Tax) on it. In which the new vehicles include 23% VAT.
VAT Rate is depend on some of the type of goods and services, basically their is three common rates that is :
- Standard Rate of 23% which applied on services and goods.
- Reduced Rate of 13.5% which composed on services like short term holiday accommodation, fuel, electricity and also on building services.
- Zero Rate (0%) which applies to the exports, children’s clothing and also on food items.
Most basic food items like bread, milk, vegetables, and fruits are taxed at 0% VAT, means that there is no VAT is applied on these items. Also the products like takeaway meals, soft drinks and processed foods will be taxed from 13.5% tp 23% , which depends on their preparation, supply and nature.
How to Calculate VAT in Ireland?
There are two ways to calculate VAT and both are different:
Adding VAT to Net Price
- If you want to add VAT to a service or any product you must know the Net Price and the VAT rate and use this formula.
Gross Price = Net Price + (Net Price × VAT Rate)
Removing VAT from a Gross Price
If a person know about the VAT prices and they want to calculate Net Price then they just know the VAT rate with the Gross Price and use the bellow formula.
Net Price = Gross Price / (1 + VAT Rate)
This method is very helpful when someone preparing financial documents or VAT returns. Our tools also work on this method you just enter the values in it and it calculate VAT easily.
How to use VAT Calculator Ireland?
Using our tool is so easy you just need to know about some of the information and follow the steps below.
- First select what you want either Add VAT or Extract VAT.
- Enter the price of the product.
- Choose the VAT Rate which is applied.
- See the calculated Net Amount, VAT amount and the Gross amount.
When you check the results and want to find more, just click on the reset button and enter new details. Our tool will find the estimated VAT in seconds to save your time.
VAT Deduction & Refunds
VAT Registered Business will also reclaim VAT on the products or services which they buy for their business purpose. It means that when a someone buy raw materials for their business to create products, they can deduct the input VAT from the output VAT of customers.
To reclaim VAT you must have your valid VAT invoices which is the proof and submit regular VAT returns. Also if your supplier is not VAT registered then you didn’t claim VAT. Those businesses which are the part of export or cross border B2B sales within European Union , will also eligible for VAT refunds.
Reverse VAT (Reverse Charge Mechanism)
Reserve Charge is also a type of VAT mechanism which is on the B2B transactions from across the border or certain domestic supplies like construction services. For this system there is no use of seller account, here the buyer account is used.
Also there is no VAT on the invoice and buyer will both charges themselves the VAT and reclaims it (if eligible). This methods save from unnecessary VAT payments and helps to save from fraud. Whenever someone importing goods to Ireland they need to pay custom charges for which they need to use a custom duty calculator, these customs clearance will not complete if the VAT or duties are paid.
About VAT Calculator Ireland
This VAT Calculator is designed to help Irish people with there calculations process of Value Added Tax. With the easy to use and responsive design make it better option for everyone. When we try to do some manual calculations it cause some errors sometime also take a lot of time.
To solve this issue we developed this tool, which do more than one calculations accurately. Also with the mobile friendly design you can use it in your mobile device everywhere. If you think we need to add any other important information in tool please let us know.