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Add or remove VAT at 24%, 13%, 6% or 4%, and see the reduced rates that apply on smaller islands from 1 January 2026.
Removing is not amount minus percentage. To get the net figure from a VAT-inclusive amount you divide by one plus the rate; subtracting 24% is consistently wrong.
Adding: net × (1 + rate). Removing: gross ÷ (1 + rate). is the difference between the two.
From 1 January 2026 the islands of the North Aegean, Samothrace and the Dodecanese with up to 20,000 residents take a 30% cut: 24% becomes 17%, 13% becomes 9%, 6% becomes 4% and 4% becomes 3%.
Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos and Leros keep the earlier reduced regime, whose end date is unconfirmed. Tobacco and means of transport are excluded from the reduction.
The tool does not decide which rate an item carries. You choose the rate; the tool does the arithmetic.
Because is charged on the net value. €100 including 24% VAT is €80.65 net and €19.35 VAT, not €76.
It depends on what is sold and, on islands, on the municipality. This page gives the rates; classifying a specific activity needs an accountant.
No. It covers islands of up to 20,000 residents in the North Aegean, Samothrace and the Dodecanese, excluding tobacco and means of transport. Five larger islands have their own earlier regime.
As an arithmetic check. The invoice is issued with the rate your accountant applies, and they answer the classification question.
You choose the rate. The tool does the arithmetic only and does not classify what is being sold.
Final value with VAT
€124.00