VAT 7 % vs. 19 % Calculator
Type in the gross price and the distance. The calculator picks 7 percent (up to 50 km) or 19 percent (above) under § 12 UStG.
Result
≤ 50 km passenger transport → reduced VAT 7 %.
Rides in a Mietwagen pay two different tax rates. 7 percent for short trips. 19 percent for long ones. If you bill wrong, you either have a tax problem or you're giving away money. This calculator does the check for you. And instantly shows net and VAT.
How the calculator works
Under § 12 UStG (the German VAT law that tells you the rate), 7 percent applies to passenger transport by road. The ride must stay inside the same town. Or be under 50 kilometers. If the ride is longer, 19 percent applies. You type in the gross price and the distance. The calculator picks the right rate on its own. And splits the gross into net and VAT.
What Fahrly does for you
Picking the tax rate by hand for 200 rides a month? That's slow. And easy to get wrong. Fahrly's Finance module knows the distance of every ride. Straight from the Uber or Bolt log. It sets the correct rate automatically. Your tax advisor gets a clean split by 7 and 19 percent every month. Without you checking each ride. The invoice template shows both rates correctly. Your customers get a clean invoice.
Tax done right. No headache with the tax office.
Häufig gestellte Fragen
›Why two VAT rates for Mietwagen?
§ 12 UStG (the German VAT law) says: short distance up to 50 kilometers is taxed at 7 percent. Everything above is 19 percent. Long airport rides and long-distance trips fall under 19 percent.
›How is the 50-kilometer limit measured?
By the one-way distance with the passenger. Not there and back. An airport ride of 30 kilometers is 7 percent. Even if you drive 60 kilometers total. That means the drive to the passenger and the empty return. Only the distance with the passenger in the car counts.
›What must appear on the invoice?
The VAT must be shown separately on every invoice. Net, tax rate, tax amount and gross. For rides with mixed rates, the split must be documented. Fahrly does this automatically.
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