VAT-free day

What a “VAT-free day” really saves you

A shop can’t legally sell without VAT — it divides the price by 1 + the rate. So a “21% off” claim is really a smaller discount. Here’s the true number.

EUR
Real discount 17.36%
Not 21%. You pay 82.64 EUR, saving 17.36 EUR — a gap of 3.64 points versus the implied claim.
21 ÷ (100 + 21) × 100 = 17.36%