diff --git a/entity/Productprice_entity/entityfields/vat/valueProcess.js b/entity/Productprice_entity/entityfields/vat/valueProcess.js
index 20e9d87a63c30b2ad2bf4937fcf74160202978c8..543a56a83e80c0367a2e74f7a5460cf30660a3c1 100644
--- a/entity/Productprice_entity/entityfields/vat/valueProcess.js
+++ b/entity/Productprice_entity/entityfields/vat/valueProcess.js
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@ import("Product_lib");
 import("system.vars");
 import("system.result");
 import("system.neon");
+import("system.project");
 
 if (vars.get("$sys.recordstate") == neon.OPERATINGSTATE_NEW && vars.get("$this.value") == null)
 {
+    var defaultVAT = project.getPreferenceValue("custom.sales.vat", "0");
     if (vars.get("$field.PRODUCT_ID"))
     {
         var price = ProductUtils.getCurrentProductPrice(vars.get("$field.PRODUCT_ID"), "SP", true);
-        result.string(price[2] || "0");
+        result.string(price[2] || defaultVAT);
     }
     else
-        result.string("0");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    {
+        result.string(defaultVAT);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/preferences/_____PREFERENCES_PROJECT/_____PREFERENCES_PROJECT.aod b/preferences/_____PREFERENCES_PROJECT/_____PREFERENCES_PROJECT.aod
index 15de760a6f958e6b3c19f38029aaf0620a1bd3f6..a45b9c74296e920ecc64e8202fb42e2996ea9098 100644
--- a/preferences/_____PREFERENCES_PROJECT/_____PREFERENCES_PROJECT.aod
+++ b/preferences/_____PREFERENCES_PROJECT/_____PREFERENCES_PROJECT.aod
@@ -163,5 +163,10 @@
       <description>Whether the observations are enabled or not</description>
       <property v="false" />
     </customBooleanProperty>
+    <customStringProperty>
+      <name>sales.vat</name>
+      <description>Default VAT in percent</description>
+      <property>19</property>
+    </customStringProperty>
   </customProperties>
 </preferences>