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# **Find the VAT in a price that includes it**

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The prices in column B include 25% VAT. In C2, work out how much of the printer's price is VAT: the price minus the price before VAT, B2-B2/(1+$F$1).

C2fx

|  | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Item | Price incl. VAT | VAT |  | VAT rate | 0.25 | |
| 2 | Printer | 1000 |  |  |  |  | |
| 3 | Monitor | 2250 |  |  |  |  | |
| 4 | Keyboard | 375 |  |  |  |  | |
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