VAT and payer status

In Bulido, you decide whether your company is a VAT payer and what default VAT rate goes on quotes. Both settings live under Settings → Taxes.

Are you a VAT payer

The Taxes section starts with the question Are you a VAT payer?. Enabled by default (most established construction companies above the annual revenue threshold are VAT-registered).

If you're not a VAT payer (e.g. exempt under the small-business threshold), turn the switch off. Then:

• The Default VAT rate field disappears from the form.
• Quotes stop showing the VAT rate and gross totals.
• Bulido automatically forces the price display to net (with no VAT to add, gross would equal net, and labelling it as gross would be misleading).

Default VAT rate

If you're a VAT payer, the Default VAT rate field takes a percentage value that becomes the starting point for new quotes.

• The standard rate is typically 19% (Mehrwertsteuer for German companies, or your country's equivalent).
• For some reduced-rate residential work, the rate may be lower (e.g. 7% in Germany).

Bulido accepts values from 0 to 100. If you work with mixed rates across quotes (e.g. residential 8% + commercial 23%), set the most common one as the default.

What happens when you change the status

Turning the VAT-payer status off isn't just a number flip. Bulido adjusts a few things automatically:

1. Hides the Default VAT rate field and clears it.
2. Switches Quote price display to net if it was on gross.
3. New quotes generate the PDF and email without VAT rates.

Quotes you've already sent keep their previous settings in their snapshots. Changing the status doesn't rewrite history.

What's next

• Net or gross prices on the quote
• Change company country and currency