VAT on £30
Add or remove VAT at 20%, 5%, 0% on £30, with the net, VAT and gross figures.
Adding 20% VAT to £30 gives £36.00, of which £6.00 is VAT. Removing 20% VAT from £30 gives £25.00 net, with £5.00 of VAT inside the price. At the 5% reduced rate the VAT is £1.50 when added and £1.43 when removed; at 0% nothing changes.
£30 at every VAT rate
| Calculation | Net | VAT | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add 20% | £30.00 | £6.00 | £36.00 |
| Remove 20% | £25.00 | £5.00 | £30.00 |
| Add 5% | £30.00 | £1.50 | £31.50 |
| Remove 5% | £28.57 | £1.43 | £30.00 |
| Add 0% | £30.00 | £0.00 | £30.00 |
| Remove 0% | £30.00 | £0.00 | £30.00 |
What £30 looks like with and without VAT
A £30 purchase is the kind of thing that ends up as a receipt in a drawer: fuel, stationery, a parking charge, a working lunch. If the receipt shows a VAT number and the price includes VAT, then £5.00 of that £30 is tax you can reclaim on your return, leaving a net cost of £25.00. Without a valid VAT receipt you can still claim the £30 as an expense against profit, but not the VAT itself.
Working the other way, if you quote £30 before VAT and you are VAT registered, the customer pays £36.00: your £30 plus £6.00 that you collect for HMRC. At the 5% reduced rate, which applies to things like domestic energy and children's car seats, the same £30 becomes £31.50. Zero-rated items such as most food, books and children's clothing stay at £30 on the invoice, though they still count as taxable sales.
The 20% figures catch people out because the VAT inside a gross price is not 20% of the price. It is 20% of the net, which works out at 16.67% of the gross. So £30 including VAT contains £5.00, not £6.00. Keep that in mind when you are checking a till receipt or splitting a shared bill between personal and business use.
Source: GOV.UK: VAT Flat Rate Scheme; GOV.UK: VAT thresholds. Last updated .
Frequently asked questions
- How much is £30 plus VAT?
- £30 plus 20% VAT is £36.00. The VAT element is £6.00. At the 5% reduced rate the total is £31.50, and at 0% it stays at £30.
- How much VAT is included in £30?
- If £30 already includes 20% VAT, the VAT inside it is £5.00 and the net amount is £25.00. You divide by 1.2 to find the net, then subtract to find the VAT.
- What is £30 minus VAT?
- £30 minus 20% VAT is £25.00. That assumes the £30 was a VAT inclusive price. If £30 was already the net price, there is no VAT to take off.
Cite this page: “VAT on £30”, SoleKit, https://solekit.co.uk/vat-calculator/30