Standard 20% · Intermediate 10% · Reduced 5.5% food · Super-reduced 2.1%
France has four VAT rates (TVA — taxe sur la valeur ajoutée). Standard 20% applies to most goods. Intermediate 10% covers restaurants, transport, and some agricultural products. Reduced 5.5% applies to most foodstuffs, books, and energy. Super-reduced 2.1% applies to some medicines and the press.
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France was the world's first country to introduce VAT, in 1954. Today France has four rates: 20% standard, 10% intermediate (restaurants, construction, passenger transport), 5.5% reduced (most food, books, domestic energy), and 2.1% super-reduced (some medications and press). France's TVA system is one of the most structured in the EU.
France has four VAT rates: standard 20%, intermediate 10% (restaurants, transport), reduced 5.5% (food, books), and super-reduced 2.1% (some medications, press).
To remove 20% French TVA: divide by 1.20. €120 ÷ 1.20 = €100 net price. The TVA element is €20.
TVA (taxe sur la valeur ajoutée) is the French term for VAT (Value Added Tax). France was the first country in the world to introduce VAT, in 1954.