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Add or remove 5% UAE VAT on any amount, with inclusive and exclusive pricing, zero-rated supplies and registration thresholds.
This calculator works out UAE VAT at the 5% standard rate in both directions: it adds VAT to a net price, and it extracts the VAT already sitting inside a tax-inclusive price using the 5/105 fraction. It follows Federal Decree-Law No. (8) of 2017, which introduced VAT in the UAE on 1 January 2018, and also flags where your 12-month taxable supplies sit against the AED 375,000 mandatory and AED 187,500 voluntary registration thresholds. It suits freelancers, retailers and finance teams checking invoice totals before filing a return.
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Enter the values you already know.
Fine-tune the options to match your scenario.
Read the result and use it in your planning or reporting.
Add 5% on top of a net price or reverse it out of a gross price without rearranging the formula.
Shows net, VAT and gross to two decimal places so the three lines always reconcile on a tax invoice.
Compares your 12-month taxable supplies against the mandatory and voluntary registration limits.
The standard UAE VAT rate is 5%, unchanged since VAT began on 1 January 2018. Certain supplies such as exports outside the GCC, international transport and some healthcare and education services are zero-rated, while bare land, local passenger transport and some financial services are exempt.
Multiply the VAT-inclusive price by 5/105, which is the same as dividing by 1.05 and subtracting. On an AED 1,050 inclusive price the VAT is AED 50 and the net amount is AED 1,000 — note that dividing by 1.05 is correct while subtracting 5% of the gross is not.
Registration is mandatory once taxable supplies and imports exceed AED 375,000 in any 12-month period, or are expected to in the next 30 days. Voluntary registration is available from AED 187,500 of taxable supplies or taxable expenses.
A tourist must spend at least AED 250 including VAT with a registered retailer on the tagged invoice to claim under the Federal Tax Authority refund scheme. The refund is 85% of the VAT paid, less a fixed fee of AED 4.80 per tax-free tag, and the goods must leave the country within 90 days. Confirm current scheme terms with the operator before relying on them.
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