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VALUE ADDED TAX IN THE EU

Value Added Taxes
When you shop in another EU-county, VAT and duty are included in the price you pay and, since these vary from country to country, you may want to take advantage of some interesting price differences.

The table below shows the standard and reduced rates of VAT applied in the EU as at October 2003. A more comprehensive list of VAT rates (233 KB) and the goods and services to which they are applied is also available online.

Country Reduced rate
of VAT in % Standard rate
of VAT in %

Austria 10 20

Belgium 6 21

Cyprus 5 15

Czech Republic 5 22

Germany 7 16

Denmark - 25

Spain 7 16

Estonia 5 18

France 5.5 19.6

Finland 8/17 22

United Kingdom 5 17.5

Greece 8 18

Hungary 12 25

Italy 10 20

Ireland 13.5 21

Luxembourg 6 15

Lithuania 5/9 18

Latvia 9 18

Malta 5 15

The Netherlands 6 19

Poland 5/12 19

Portugal 7 22

Sweden 6/12 25

Slovakia - 19

Slovenia 8.5 20

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