VAT calculator for Denmark. Add or remove 25% VAT.

How to use the VAT calculator

1. Choose the direction: Add VAT or Remove VAT.
2. Type the amount in DKK, like 1000 or 1.250,50.
3. Read the result: the price before VAT, the VAT (25%) and the price including VAT.

How to add VAT

Danish VAT (moms) is 25% of the price before VAT. Multiply the net price by 1.25, and you have it. DKK 400 before VAT is DKK 500 with VAT.

How to take VAT out of a price

Divide the total by 1.25. Don’t subtract 25%. The VAT is 20% of the total. DKK 500 including VAT is DKK 400 before VAT and DKK 100 of VAT.

VAT formulas at a glance

The four calculations you need, at the Danish rate of 25%:

• Price before VAT → price including VAT: multiply by 1.25.
• Price including VAT → price before VAT: divide by 1.25 (the same as multiplying by 0.8).
• VAT on a price before VAT: multiply by 0.25.
• VAT inside a price including VAT: multiply by 0.2.

VAT calculation examples

• A haircut at DKK 450 including VAT: DKK 450 ÷ 1.25 = DKK 360 before VAT, and DKK 90 of VAT.
• A job quoted at DKK 2,000 before VAT: DKK 2,000 × 1.25 = DKK 2,500 including VAT, of which DKK 500 is VAT.
• A cake at DKK 100 including VAT: DKK 80 before VAT, and DKK 20 of VAT.

The most common VAT mistake

Subtracting 25% from a total. Take DKK 1,000 including VAT: 25% off gives DKK 750, but the right price before VAT is DKK 1,000 ÷ 1.25 = DKK 800. The VAT is 20% of the total, which is why “subtract 25%” takes off too much.

Prices on your website

Selling to consumers in Denmark? Then the price you show must include VAT. Selling only to businesses, you may show it without VAT. Just say so next to the price.

Do you have to charge VAT?

A business in Denmark must register for VAT when it sells for more than DKK 50,000 a year. Some services are exempt from VAT altogether, for example healthcare and teaching, so a clinic may charge no VAT on its treatments. Unsure? Ask your accountant or check skat.dk.