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France and Portugal: VAT (TVA, IVA)

Applies to businesses whose country is France or Portugal.

Country Currency Tax name Default rate Pricing
France EUR (€) TVA 20% tax-inclusive
Portugal EUR (€) IVA 23% tax-inclusive
  • Turn tax-inclusive pricing off under Settings → Tax Settings if you quote net prices to businesses.
  • Your VAT number — the numéro de TVA intracommunautaire in France, the NIF in Portugal — goes in Settings → Business Profile → Tax ID and prints on every invoice.

The reduced rates are seeded with the business, so each line can carry the right one:

  • France: TVA 10%, TVA 5,5%, TVA 2,1% and Exonéré (exempt).
  • Portugal: IVA 13%, IVA 6% and Isento (exempt). Madeira and the Azores apply lower rates — add them under Settings → Tax Settings if you trade there.

Use Reverse charge on intra-EU purchases of goods and services and on imported services you self-assess. The tax appears on both sides of the report, so the return shows it while your net position is unchanged.

Reports → Tax Report gives output VAT, input VAT and the net amount for the period — the figures for the CA3 return in France and for the periodic IVA declaration in Portugal. See Tax report and tax summary.

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