Sales tax & VAT calculator
Choose a country or province, enter a price and decide whether to add tax to it or remove the tax already included.
- Price before tax
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- Tax
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- Price with tax
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Rates last reviewed: November 2026. Always check the official tax authority for your situation.
How to add sales tax to a price
Multiply the price by (1 + rate ÷ 100). A price of 50 with 13% tax: 50 × 1.13 = 56.50, so the tax is 6.50.
How to remove tax from a price
When tax is already included, divide by (1 + rate ÷ 100), do not simply subtract the percentage. A price of 120 including 20% VAT: 120 ÷ 1.20 = 100, so the VAT is 20, not 24.
Sales taxes in Canada
Canada charges a federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 5%. Some provinces combine it with their own tax into a single Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), others charge a separate provincial sales tax (PST, or RST in Manitoba), and Quebec charges the Quebec Sales Tax (QST) of 9.975%. Each tax is calculated on the price before tax, so in Quebec the combined rate is 14.975%.
Prices in Canadian shops are usually displayed before tax, which is added at the till.
VAT in Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere
Value-added tax (VAT) is usually included in the price shown to consumers. Most countries have a standard rate and one or more reduced rates for items such as food, books or medicine. Use Remove tax to find the price excluding VAT, for example on an invoice.