Ireland has one of the most complex VAT structures in the EU with five rates: 23% standard, 13.5% reduced (construction, tourism, energy), 9% reduced (hospitality, newspapers), 4.8% for livestock, and 0% for most food, children's clothing, and oral medicines. Select the rate that applies to your goods or service. For cross-border EU B2B or B2C transactions, use the EU VAT Calculator.
This VAT calculator covers Irish VAT rates in full: the standard 23% rate that applies to most goods and services, the reduced 13.5% rate (property services, energy, hospitality), the second reduced 9% rate (newspapers, e-books, and certain tourism services), and zero-rated supplies such as most food and children's clothing.
In Ireland, VAT is also referred to as CBL (Cáin Bhreisluacha). The same add/remove logic applies regardless of which rate you select — enter an amount, pick the correct rate for your product or service, and the calculator returns the net amount, gross amount, and VAT instantly.
Select Add VAT to calculate the gross price from a net (excl. VAT) price — useful when setting a selling price or issuing a VAT invoice. Select Remove VAT to extract the net amount and the VAT component from a gross (VAT-inclusive) price — useful when reconciling receipts or reclaiming input VAT.
For cross-border EU transactions involving Irish companies, use the EU VAT Calculator which accounts for buyer and seller country rules.
For a more detailed calculation of the tax values for international trading, we recommend you to try the Advanced Calculator.
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