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UAE VAT calculator: add or remove 5% VAT

Add 5% VAT to a price or take it out of a VAT-inclusive total, across as many lines as you need.

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Your amounts

Choose what your numbers are, then add a line for each price. All amounts are in AED.

Result

Type an amount on the left and the result appears here straight away.

How it is calculated

The working

  • Add VAT: VAT = price before VAT x 5%. Total = price before VAT + VAT.
  • Remove VAT: price before VAT = total / 1.05. VAT = total - price before VAT. Do not take 5% of the total: that gives the wrong answer (5% of 105.00 is 5.25, but the VAT inside 105.00 is 5.00).
  • Zero-rated and exempt lines carry no VAT, so their total equals their amount. They are shown as separate totals because they are reported separately.
  • Each line is rounded to the nearest fils (0.01 AED), and the totals add the rounded lines, so what you see always adds up.

Sources

  1. Federal Decree-Law No. 8 of 2017 on Value Added Tax (Federal Tax Authority, English text)
    Article 3: standard rate 5%. Articles 45 and 46: zero-rated and exempt supplies. Article 67: tax invoice within 14 days of the date of supply.
  2. Federal Tax Authority: Value Added Tax

Rules and rates change. Always confirm against the current official text.

Rules this tool applies, last read against the official text on 12 November 2026
  • The standard rate of VAT is 5%. (Article 3, read 12 November 2026.) Later amendments were not reviewed.

This is a reading of the published text, not legal advice, and no adviser or authority has signed these rules off.

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UAE VAT calculator
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Zeyto (Emeron Infospace FZE)
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Questions

Common questions

What is the VAT rate in the UAE?
The standard rate is 5% (Federal Decree-Law No. 8 of 2017, Article 3). Some supplies are zero-rated (taxed at 0%) or exempt. The law lists them in Articles 45 and 46, and the Federal Tax Authority publishes guidance on each.
How do I remove VAT from a price that already includes it?
Divide the total by 1.05. The result is the price before VAT, and the difference is the VAT. For example 105.00 divided by 1.05 is 100.00, so the VAT is 5.00.
What is the difference between zero-rated and exempt?
Neither charges VAT to the customer. A zero-rated supply is taxable at 0%, so the supplier can generally still recover VAT on related costs. An exempt supply is outside the VAT charge and the related input VAT generally cannot be recovered. Which one applies to your supply depends on the law and the facts: check with the Federal Tax Authority or a registered tax agent.
Does this calculator store what I type?
No. The numbers stay in your browser. Nothing is sent to Zeyto unless you choose to subscribe with your email below. If you do, the form says that the result shown on the page goes with your signup; the other things you typed do not.
Is this tax advice?
No. It is arithmetic at the published standard rate. It does not decide whether VAT applies to your supply or whether you must register.

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