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Add up your quotes line by line in euros, with the right Croatian VAT rate on each, tourist tax for guests who stay over and a contingency reserve. See the cost per guest and when each payment falls due.

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Switch off if your quotes are net (plus VAT), as business quotes often are. Each line uses the VAT rate you choose for it.

A reserve for late changes, extra guests and overtime. Planners commonly keep 5–15 %; it is your choice, not a rule.

Tourist tax

Each county sets the amount within a national range: €0.93 to €2.65 per person per night in accommodation (higher from 1 April to 30 September; camps pay less). Children under 12 pay nothing and 12 to 18-year-olds pay half. Ask your hotel for the exact figure.

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Payment schedule

Example milestones only: every venue and supplier sets its own deposit terms in the contract.

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Budget lines

Amounts start empty: enter the figures from your own quotes. The line names are only suggestions.

    Croatian VAT: 25 % on venue hire, all drinks, music, photo, flowers and decor; 13 % on food served by caterers and restaurants and on accommodation; 5 % on concert and cultural tickets.

    Estimated total, incl. VAT and contingency

    Enter amounts to see the breakdown.

      Payments (before contingency)

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        How it works

        Every amount starts empty. We don't suggest prices: enter the figures from the quotes you have. The line names are only prompts, so rename, add or remove lines as you need.

        • Per guest or fixed: per-guest lines are multiplied by the number of guests; fixed lines count once.
        • VAT: if your prices include VAT, we work the net amount back out (gross ÷ (1 + rate)); if they don't, we add VAT on top. In Croatia food served by caterers and restaurants is taxed at 13 %, but drinks stay at 25 %, so keep food and drinks on separate lines. Accommodation is 13 % and concert or cultural tickets are 5 %. Suppliers outside the VAT system charge none.
        • Tourist tax is added per person per night for the guests who stay over. It carries no VAT.
        • Contingency is a percentage of everything above, kept as a reserve. The payment schedule is worked out before contingency.

        This is a planning aid, not tax advice. Rates were checked on 9 November 2026 against the official sources listed; your supplier's invoice is what counts.

        Sources

        1. VAT (PDV): rates 0 %, 5 %, 13 % and 25 %Porezna upravachecked 9 Nov 2026
        2. Act amending the VAT Act, art. 38 (13 % accommodation and food; 5 % tickets)Narodne novine 39/2022checked 9 Nov 2026
        3. Reduced 13 % rate applies to food, not drinks (tax authority opinion, reproduced)RRiFchecked 9 Nov 2026
        4. Rules on the lowest and highest tourist taxNarodne novine 71/2019 (zakon.hr)Amounts set in kuna; euro at the fixed rate of 7.53450.checked 9 Nov 2026
        5. Tourist tax: who pays and exemptionsgov.hrchecked 9 Nov 2026

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