Add or remove VAT: 5% UAE and Oman, 15% Saudi Arabia, 10% Bahrain
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 18 Oct 2026, except Kuwait's position, whose official website could not be read that day.VAT is 5% in the UAE and Oman, 15% in Saudi Arabia and 10% in Bahrain, as read on their official sites (18 October 2026; Bahrain 21 October 2026). To add VAT, multiply by the rate: AED 1,000 plus 5% is AED 1,050. To remove it, divide by 1 plus the rate: SAR 1,150 / 1.15 is SAR 1,000.
Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 18 Oct 2026); they may have changed since. Not covered by that date: Kuwait's position, whose official website could not be read that day.
Pick the country: UAE 5%, Saudi Arabia 15%, Bahrain 10% or Oman 5%; the rate box fills in and can be changed.
Choose Add VAT for a price before tax, or Remove VAT for a price that already includes it.
Type the price in the currency shown.
Read the price before VAT, the VAT and the price including VAT, then compare the four countries in the table or press Share result.
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman charge value added tax, all under the same GCC framework but at different rates. This calculator adds VAT to a price or takes it out, and compares the four standard rates.
| Country | Standard rate | Since | Smallest coin |
|---|---|---|---|
| UAE | 5% | 1 January 2018 | 1 fils (0.01 AED) |
| Saudi Arabia | 15% | not found | 1 halala (0.01 SAR) |
| Bahrain | 10% | 1 January 2022 | 1 fils (0.001 BHD) |
| Oman | 5% | 16 April 2021 | 1 baisa (0.001 OMR) |
Where the rates come from. Read on official websites on 18 October 2026: the UAE Ministry of Finance (5%), ZATCA's May 2026 guideline (15%; no start date found) and Oman's VAT Law, Article 36 (5%). Bahrain's National Bureau for Revenue (10% from 1 January 2022) was read on 21 October 2026. Qatar's tax authority says Qatar "has not applied" VAT; Kuwait's Ministry of Finance site did not answer, so Kuwait is unconfirmed. Rates may have changed since; the sources box links each page.
Adding VAT. VAT = price × rate. A price of AED 1,000 carries AED 50 of VAT and costs AED 1,050.
Removing VAT. A VAT-inclusive price is the net price × (1 + rate), so the net price is the total divided by 1.05, 1.15 or 1.10. The VAT inside the total is 1/21 of it at 5%, 3/23 at 15% and 1/11 at 10%. Taking 15% off SAR 1,150 gives 977.50, which is wrong: the price before VAT is SAR 1,000.
Rounding. Results are rounded to the smallest coin, half up: two decimals in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, three in Bahrain and Oman.
The rate is yours to change. The country buttons fill in the standard rate, but some supplies are zero-rated or exempt (exports, many medicines and some food, depending on the country), and rates can change. Type another rate if yours differs; the page flags it and links the tax authority.
What it does not do. It does not decide whether a supply is taxable, issue a tax invoice, or handle excise tax. No exchange rate is applied in the comparison table: it is the same number in each currency.
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Multiply the price before VAT by 0.05 to get the VAT, or by 1.05 to get the total. AED 1,000 carries AED 50 of VAT, so the customer pays AED 1,050. The UAE Ministry of Finance says VAT was introduced on 1 January 2018 at a standard rate of 5% (read on 18 October 2026).
Divide the VAT-inclusive price by 1.15. A price of SAR 1,150 is SAR 1,000 before VAT and SAR 150 of VAT. Subtracting 15% of the total instead gives SAR 977.50, which is wrong, because the VAT was charged on the smaller net price.
As read on the official websites on 18 October 2026: Saudi Arabia 15%, the UAE 5% since 1 January 2018 and Oman 5%. Bahrain 10% since 1 January 2022, as read on the National Bureau for Revenue's website on 21 October 2026. Qatar's tax authority says Qatar has not applied VAT; Kuwait's position is unconfirmed, as its Ministry of Finance website did not answer.
At 5% the VAT is 1/21 of the total, about 4.76%; at 15% it is 3/23, about 13.04%; at 10% it is 1/11, about 9.09%. So AED 105 contains AED 5 of VAT and SAR 115 contains SAR 15.
The Bahraini dinar and the Omani rial are divided into 1,000 fils and 1,000 baisa, so prices and VAT are rounded to three decimals. The UAE dirham and the Saudi riyal have 100 fils and 100 halalas, so their results use two decimals.
No. The country buttons fill in the standard rate only. Exports, some medicines, some food and other supplies can be zero-rated or exempt, and the rules differ by country, so type 0 or another rate when that applies and confirm it with the tax authority.
Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.
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