Sales tax / VAT rate lookup
Look up a country's verified standard VAT or sales-tax rate, with its official source and the date it was checked.
Formula
How it works
The rate shown is looked up directly from a table of officially-sourced, dated VAT/sales-tax rates - it is never estimated or guessed.
Worked example
The same calculation with the default values:
- Country United Arab Emirates
- Amount 1,000
- rate = 5%
- tax amount = 1,000 × 5 ÷ 100 = 50
- with tax = 1,000 + 50 = 1,050
Result: Standard rate: 5% · Tax amount: 50.00 USD · Amount with tax: 1,050.00 USD
Common mistakes
- Assuming this rate applies to every category of goods - most countries have reduced or zero rates for specific items.
- Using this for Canada without adding the province's own HST/PST on top.
- Treating an old "checked" date as still current without verifying.
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