Does hourly rate includes VAT?

[gftea]

Hi,

When we say hourly rate is 1000 SEK, does it include VAT or not? When we send the invoice to customer, we usually add VAT 25%, right?

[arins]

From my experience when I talk to brokers/customers VAT is excluded from the hourly rate. And when I invoice the customer I add 25% VAT. So if my hourly rate is 1000 SEK/hour then the invoice would be 1250 SEK/hour

[Saeger]

It also depends if the customer is within EU or NON-EU

[gftea]

Can you elaborate more?

[Saeger]

I think this article elaborates better than I could do: https://hellotax.com/blog/taxation/invoice-without-vat/eu-countries/