EU VAT rates

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Many businesses and organisations need to know the VAT rates in other EU countries for bookkeeping and accounting or just for information purposes. But they can be hard to track down, and it could be difficult to find an updated list of EU VAT rates because they change all the time.

The minimum rate for VAT in EU is 15% for the standard rate. The minimum VAT rate for the reduced rate is 5%, but not all countries follow this policy (France, Italy, Ireland, Austria, Luxembourg, and Spain).

EU VAT RATES

Officially EU only allows two separate reduced VAT rates, but that is obeyed neither by France, Italy, Ireland, Austria nor Luxembourg.  Several countries have an extra VAT tariff for parking fees and some other stuff. Luxembourg is undoubtedly the black sheep when it comes to VAT and Taxes in the EU. Arising from a specialisation as Tax heaven, this is understandable, but also illustrates the madness of trying to have a common market with so many different VAT and TAX systems. However, Luxembourg has started to conform better today, especially after abolishing the super-reduced rate of 3% for digital services.

VAT rate in each EU country

LAND VAT R1 R2 Rx Term Description
Belgium
21% 6% 12% BTW Belasting over de toegevoegde waarde
TVA Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée
MWSt Mehrwertsteuer
Bulgaria
20% 9% 5% ДДС Данък върху добавената стойност
Cyprus
19% 9% 5% ΦΠΑ Φόρος Προστιθέμενης Αξίας
Denmark
25% moms Meromsætningsafgift
Estonia
20% 9% km Käibemaks
Finland
24% 14% 10% alv Arvonlisävero
moms mervärdesskatt
France
20% 10% 5.50% 2.10% TVA Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée
Greece
24% 13% 6% ΦΠΑ Φόρος Προστιθέμενης Αξίας
(16%) (9%) (5%)
Ireland
23% 13.50% 4.80% 9% VAT Value Added Tax (engelsk)
CBL Cáin Bhreisluacha (gaelisk)
Italy
22% 10% 4% 5% IVA Imposta sul Valore Aggiunto
Croatia 25% 13% 5% PDV Porez na dodanu vrijednost
Latvia
21% 12% 5% PVN Pievienotās vērtības nodoklis
Lithuania
21% 9% 5% PVM Pridetines vertes mokestis
Luxembourg 16% 8% 3% 13% TVA Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée
Malta
18% 7% 5% VAT Taxxa tal-Valur Mizjud
Holland
21% 9% BTW Belasting toegevoegde waarde
Netherlands




COUNTRY VAT R1 R2 Rx Term Description
Poland
23% 8% 5% PTU Podatek od towarów i uslug
VAT
Portugal
23% 13% 6% IVA Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado
(Madeira:22%/12%/5%) (Azores:16%/9%/4%)
Romania 19% 9% 5% TVA Taxa pe valoarea adaugata
Slovakia
20% 10% DPH Dan z pridanej hodnoty
Slovenia 22% 9.50% 5% DDV Davek na dodano vrednost
Spain *
21% 10% 4% IVA Impuesto sobre el valor añadido
IGIC Impuesto General Indirecto Canario
UK
20% 5% VAT Value Added Tax
United Kingdom
Sweden
25% 12% 6% moms Mervärdesskatt
Czech Republic
21% 15% 10% DPH Dan z pridané hodnoty
Germany
19% 7% MwSt Mehrwertsteuer
USt. /Umsatzsteuer
Hungary
27% 18% 5% ÁFA Általános forgalmi adó
Austria
20% 10% 13% 12% USt. Umsatzsteuer

Table updated: 16 JAN 2023.

*1) The Canary Islands have 7% (6,5% 2019) but are not included in the EU VAT rates area

Netherlands raised their 6% rate to 9% in 2019.

EU-VAT Cheatsheet

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