VAT TOOLS
PlainVAT tools
Four live tools against the EU + UK VAT registry. We do not log your inputs; no signup needed.
- Jurisdictions covered
- 28
- Live tools
- 4
- EU standard-rate range
- 17-27%
Which schedule, which rate
Hungary records the highest standard VAT rate at 27% (#1 of 28) while ranking #12 of 28 on schedule depth with 3 published rate types; Ireland leads schedule depth at 5 distinct types (#1 of 28) at a 23% standard rate (height #8).
According to the European Commission's Taxes in Europe Database (TEDB).
- 27%
- Hungary standard #1
- #12
- Hungary schedule depth
- 5
- Ireland rate types #1
- #8
- Ireland standard height
Height is the current standard-rate row. Depth counts distinct current rate types (standard, reduced, super-reduced, zero, parking). Neither ranking is a filing recommendation. Use the calculator for a price at the height-leader rate, country-compare when the question is how many published tiers a schedule has, the VAT-number check for a live VIES or HMRC lookup, or reverse-charge lookup for B2B treatment.
The same registry sits behind every tool. See the methodology for sources and vintage.
Disclaimer: These tools are for general reference only and should not be considered tax or financial advice. Confirm any calculation or lookup with your accountant or the relevant tax authority before acting on it.
VAT calculator
Add VAT to a net price, or work out how much VAT is inside a gross price, for any EU member state or the UK.
VAT number check
Live EU VIES + UK HMRC validation. Returns trader name and address when the underlying service exposes them.
Reverse-charge lookup
Tell us supplier country, customer country, and supply type. We tell you which VAT applies and the legal basis.
Country VAT compare
Side-by-side VAT rates, schemes, and post-Brexit treatment for any pair of EU 27 + UK jurisdictions.
What's in the archive
The 28-jurisdiction registry every tool above queries against, grouped by standard-rate band.
Download the EU and UK VAT-rate landscape cited on this page: vat-rate-landscape.csv (CC0). Method notes live on /statistics and /methodology.
PlainVAT renders country-rate figures from the European Commission's Taxation and Customs Union VAT-rate registry; explanatory guidance links to its relevant authority sources. This page draws directly on the European Commission VAT-rate registry, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.