United Kingdom Sales Tax Rate - VAT | 2019 | Data | Chart

The Sales Tax Rate in the United Kingdom stands at 20 percent. Sales Tax Rate in the United Kingdom averaged 16.77 percent from 1977 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 20 percent in 2011 and a record low of 8 percent in 1978.

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United Kingdom Taxes	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Corporate Tax Rate	19.00	19.00	52.00	19.00	percent	[+]
Personal Income Tax Rate	45.00	45.00	50.00	40.00	percent	[+]
Sales Tax Rate	20.00	20.00	20.00	8.00	percent	[+]
Social Security Rate	25.80	25.80	25.80	9.00	percent	[+]
Social Security Rate For Companies	13.80	13.80	13.80	10.20	percent	[+]
Social Security Rate For Employees	12.00	12.00	12.00	7.75	percent	[+]

United Kingdom Sales Tax Rate - VAT

In the United Kingdom, the sales tax rate is a tax charged to consumers based on the purchase price of certain goods and services. The benchmark we use for the sales tax rate refers to the highest rate. Revenues from the Sales Tax Rate are an important source of income for the government of the United Kingdom. This page provides - United Kingdom Sales Tax Rate | VAT - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United Kingdom Sales Tax Rate - VAT - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	20.00	20.00	20.00	8.00	1977 - 2019	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Italy	22.00	Dec/19	22	22 : 20	%
Argentina	21.00	Dec/19	21	21 : 21	%
Netherlands	21.00	Dec/19	21	21 : 17.5	%
Spain	21.00	Dec/19	21	21 : 16	%
Euro Area	20.80	Dec/18	20.8	20.8 : 13.5	%
France	20.00	Dec/19	20	20 : 19.6	%
Russia	20.00	Dec/19	18	20 : 18	%
United Kingdom	20.00	Dec/19	20	20 : 8	%
Germany	19.00	Dec/19	19	19 : 16	%
India	18.00	Dec/19	18	18 : 12.36	%
Turkey	18.00	Dec/18	18	18 : 18	%
Brazil	17.00	Dec/19	17	17 : 17	%
China	16.00	Dec/19	16	17 : 16	%
Mexico	16.00	Dec/19	16	16 : 15	%
South Africa	15.00	Dec/18	14	15 : 14	%
Australia	10.00	Dec/19	10	10 : 10	%
Indonesia	10.00	Dec/19	10	10 : 10	%
South Korea	10.00	Dec/19	10	10 : 10	%
Japan	8.00	Dec/18	8	8 : 5	%
Switzerland	7.70	Dec/18	8	8 : 7.6	%
Singapore	7.00	Dec/19	7	7 : 5	%
Canada	5.00	Dec/19	5	7 : 5	%
Saudi Arabia	5.00	Jan/18	5	5 : 5	%
United States	0.00	Dec/19	0	0 : 0	%