VAT Calculator Philippines — add or remove 12% VAT

How to use

What it's for

Find how much VAT is inside a receipt or a price, or add VAT to a price that does not include it yet.

Before you start

Have the amount, and for an older receipt the date it was issued. The page assumes the sale is charged VAT at the standard rate; it does not decide whether a sale is exempt or zero-rated.

Choose the direction
Press Take VAT out of a total if your amount already includes VAT, as most receipts and price tags do. Press Add VAT to an amount if it does not include VAT yet.
Type the amount
Type it in Amount including VAT, or in Amount before VAT if you are adding VAT. Commas and the ₱ sign are fine.
Check the date
Transaction date starts at today, which suits anything recent. For an older receipt, change it to the date on the receipt, because the rate in force on that day is the one used.
Press Calculate
Press Calculate. The answer at the top already changes as you type; the button brings it back into view. Calculation below it shows each step.

Reading the result

VAT included in this amount: the VAT inside your total, when you are taking VAT out.
Amount including VAT: the headline when you are adding VAT — the price with VAT on top.
Before VAT, VAT and Including VAT: the three parts side by side. They always add up exactly, to the centavo.
The rate used for your date is printed just under the answer.

If it goes wrong

The VAT looks too big: you probably pressed Add VAT to an amount for a figure that already included VAT, so VAT was counted twice. Press Take VAT out of a total instead.
Do not work it out by multiplying a receipt total by the rate: that charges VAT on the VAT. The page divides instead, and Calculation shows how.
An error says Enter a date.: the date box was cleared. Pick the date again.

What this is

VAT is added on top of a price, so taking it back out is a division, not a multiplication. A receipt for ₱1,120 contains ₱120 of VAT — because ₱1,000 plus 12% is ₱1,120. Multiplying ₱1,120 by 12% gives ₱134.40, which is not the VAT on anything.

The three figures always reconcile here: the VAT is derived by subtracting the net from the gross rather than rounded separately, so they add up to the centavo instead of leaving a stray one behind.

Questions

How do I remove VAT from a total?

Divide by 1.12, do not multiply by 0.12. A ₱1,120 receipt contains ₱120 of VAT, not ₱134.40. Multiplying the VAT-inclusive total by the rate is the single most common VAT mistake, and it overstates the tax every time.

Why is there a date field?

Because the rate has not always been 12%. A receipt issued before the rate changed must be worked at the rate in force on its date, or the figure is wrong. Change the date and the calculation follows.

Are all sales subject to VAT?

No. Some transactions are VAT-exempt and some are zero-rated, and small businesses below the registration threshold charge percentage tax instead. This tool assumes the sale is VAT-able at the standard rate — it does not decide whether VAT applies at all.

The maths

Adding VAT

net × 1.12 = gross

Taking VAT out

gross ÷ 1.12 = net

Worked

A ₱1,120 receipt

₱1,120 ÷ 1.12 ₱1,000.00

VAT ₱120.00

The common mistake

₱1,120 × 12% ₱134.40

Overstated by ₱14.40, because it charges VAT on the VAT.

Calculation