France Sales Tax / VAT Calculator
Add or strip France sales tax or VAT at 20% and see the tax, the net price and the tax share of the gross.
About France Sales Tax / VAT Calculator
Tax is applied to the net price, so the gross is the net multiplied by one plus the rate. Note that tax as a share of the gross is always lower than the headline rate — 20% on net is 16.67% of gross, which is the figure to use when working backwards from a tax-inclusive price. France. Quoting the wrong side of a tax-inclusive price is one of the most common invoicing errors, and it compounds across every line of an order.
Formula
France Sales Tax / VAT
Tax = net price × rate ÷ 100; gross = net + tax
- net price
- Price before tax is applied
- rate
- Statutory tax rate as a percentage
Worked example
With the default values below, France Sales Tax / VAT Calculator returns Total Including Tax of €120.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Price before taxminimum 0 EUR
- 100 EUR
- France VAT or sales tax rateaccepts 0–100 %
- 20 %
- Quantityminimum 1
- 1
Results
- Total Including Tax
- €120.00
- Tax Amount
- €20.00
- Total Excluding Tax
- €100.00
- Tax per Unit
- €20.00
- Tax as Share of Gross
- 16.67%
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2France Sales Tax / VAT
- 3Total Including Tax= 120.00
- 4Tax Amount= 20.00
- 5Total Excluding Tax= 100.00
- 6Tax per Unit= 20.00
- 7Tax as Share of Gross= 16.67
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is France Sales Tax / VAT calculated?
Tax = net price × rate ÷ 100; gross = net + tax Tax is applied to the net price, so the gross is the net multiplied by one plus the rate. Note that tax as a share of the gross is always lower than the headline rate — 20% on net is 16.67% of gross, which is the figure to use when working backwards from a tax-inclusive price.
Why does France Sales Tax / VAT matter?
France. Quoting the wrong side of a tax-inclusive price is one of the most common invoicing errors, and it compounds across every line of an order.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Price before tax, France VAT or sales tax rate, Quantity. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.
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France specifics
- Currency
- € EUREuro
- Region
- Europe
- Country code
- FR
- Amounts look like
- €1,234,567.89
- Dates look like
- 9 Mar 2026
- Units
- metricWeek starts Monday
In France, a comma marks the decimal and a full stop groups thousands.
Results on this page are expressed in EUR (Euro). Figures are estimates for general planning — confirm current rates and thresholds with the relevant France authority before relying on them.