Money
HT
Letter by letterOfficialB1Meaning
hors taxes
The price BEFORE VAT. It is the price on quotes between businesses, never what an individual pays: if you read HT, add the VAT, usually 20%.
How it is said
ache-té
Gender and article
no article
Where you meet it
A quote, an invoice, a trade website.
Example
Devis informatique : main-d'œuvre 300 euros HT, soit 360 euros TTC.
IT quote: labour 300 euros excl. tax (HT), i.e. 360 euros incl. tax.
In the DELF
reading B1
Watch out
Invariable, after the price: 300 euros HT. The trap in a quote: the total that counts is the TTC.
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