VAT on £80
Add or remove VAT at 20%, 5%, 0% on £80, with the net, VAT and gross figures.
Adding 20% VAT to £80 gives £96.00, of which £16.00 is VAT. Removing 20% VAT from £80 gives £66.67 net, with £13.33 of VAT inside the price. At the 5% reduced rate the VAT is £4.00 when added and £3.81 when removed; at 0% nothing changes.
£80 at every VAT rate
| Calculation | Net | VAT | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add 20% | £80.00 | £16.00 | £96.00 |
| Remove 20% | £66.67 | £13.33 | £80.00 |
| Add 5% | £80.00 | £4.00 | £84.00 |
| Remove 5% | £76.19 | £3.81 | £80.00 |
| Add 0% | £80.00 | £0.00 | £80.00 |
| Remove 0% | £80.00 | £0.00 | £80.00 |
What £80 looks like with and without VAT
A £80 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 £13.33 of that £80 is tax you can reclaim on your return, leaving a net cost of £66.67. Without a valid VAT receipt you can still claim the £80 as an expense against profit, but not the VAT itself.
Working the other way, if you quote £80 before VAT and you are VAT registered, the customer pays £96.00: your £80 plus £16.00 that you collect for HMRC. At the 5% reduced rate, which applies to things like domestic energy and children's car seats, the same £80 becomes £84.00. Zero-rated items such as most food, books and children's clothing stay at £80 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 £80 including VAT contains £13.33, not £16.00. 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 £80 plus VAT?
- £80 plus 20% VAT is £96.00. The VAT element is £16.00. At the 5% reduced rate the total is £84.00, and at 0% it stays at £80.
- How much VAT is included in £80?
- If £80 already includes 20% VAT, the VAT inside it is £13.33 and the net amount is £66.67. You divide by 1.2 to find the net, then subtract to find the VAT.
- What is £80 minus VAT?
- £80 minus 20% VAT is £66.67. That assumes the £80 was a VAT inclusive price. If £80 was already the net price, there is no VAT to take off.
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