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Food and drink, animals, animal feed, plants and seeds
Food
Catering ℹ️ Standard
Confectionary ℹ️ Standard
Crisps and savory snacks ℹ️ Standard
Hot food ℹ️ Standard
Hot takeaways ℹ️ Standard
Ice cream ℹ️ Standard
Cold takeaways ℹ️ 0%
Cold takeaways eaten in designated areas ℹ️ Standard
Home deliveries ℹ️ Standard
Food eaten in restaurants ℹ️ Standard
Other food and drinks for human consumption ℹ️ 0%
Drinks
Sports drinks ℹ️ Standard
Soft drinks and mineral water ℹ️ Standard
Animal food
Pet food ℹ️ Standard
Sport, leisure, culture and antiques
Sport
Physical education and sports activities ℹ️ Exempt
Leisure
Betting and gaming — including pool betting and games of chance ℹ️ Exempt
Bingo — including remote games played on the internet, telephone, television or radio ℹ️ Exempt
Lottery ticket sales ℹ️ Exempt
Online lottery games ℹ️ Exempt
Retailer commission on lottery ticket sales ℹ️ Exempt
Culture
Admission charges by public authorities or eligible cultural bodies to certain cultural events such as visits to museums, art exhibitions, zoos and performances ℹ️ Exempt
Antiques
Antiques, works of art or similar (as assets of historic houses) sold by private treaty to public collections ℹ️ Exempt
Antiques, works of art or similar (as assets of historic houses) used to settle a tax or estate duty debt with HMRC ℹ️ Exempt
Health, education, welfare and charities
Charities
Admission charges by charities ℹ️ Exempt
Advertising services for charities ℹ️ 0%
Certain goods sold at charitable fundraising events ℹ️ 0%
Charitable fundraising events ℹ️ Exempt
Charity shops — selling donated goods ℹ️ 0%
Construction and sale of new buildings for a relevant charitable purpose ℹ️ 0%
Energy-saving materials permanently installed in dwellings and buildings used for a relevant residential purpose providing the total cost of them (not including VAT) is not over 60% of the cost of the installation of the products (not including VAT) ℹ️ 5%
Sponsored charitable events ℹ️ Exempt
Voluntary donations to charity ℹ️ Out of Scope
Welfare
Building services for disabled people ℹ️ 0%
Burial or cremation of dead people, or burial at sea ℹ️ Exempt
Mobility aids for the elderly ℹ️ 5%
Equipment for blind or partially sighted people ℹ️ 0%
Equipment for disabled people ℹ️ 0%
Funeral plans written under contracts of insurance ℹ️ Exempt
Smoking cessation products — nicotine patches and gum ℹ️ 5%
Welfare services provided by charities at significantly below cost ℹ️ Out of Scope
Magnetic tape adapted for recording speech for blind people together with apparatus for making and playing the adapted tape and certain low vision aids ℹ️ 0%
Health
Care or medical treatment provided by a qualifying institution like a hospital, hospice or nursing home ℹ️ Exempt
Dispensing of prescriptions by a registered pharmacist ℹ️ 0%
Health services provided by registered doctors, dentists, opticians, pharmacists and other health professionals ℹ️ Exempt
Incontinence products ℹ️ 0%
Maternity pads ℹ️ 0%
Sanitary protection products ℹ️ 0%
Low vision aids ℹ️ 0%
Education
Education and vocational training provided by an eligible body other than a ‘private school’. Goods or services closely connected to the education provided by an eligible body like a school, college or university ℹ️ Exempt
Power, utilities, energy and energy saving, heating
Power
Electricity for domestic and residential use or for non-business use by a charity ℹ️ 5%
Gas for domestic and residential use or for non-business use by a charity ℹ️ 5%
Heating oil for domestic and residential use or for non-business use by a charity ℹ️ 5%
Solid fuel for domestic and residential use or for non-business use by a charity ℹ️ 5%
Utilities
Cesspools, septic tanks or similar (domestic) — emptying ℹ️ 0%
Sewerage services supplied to domestic or industrial customers ℹ️ 0%
Water supplied to households ℹ️ 0%
Energy-saving materials installed in dwellings and buildings used for a relevant residential purpose
Air source heat pumps ℹ️ 0% 5% Northern Ireland
Boilers — wood fuelled ℹ️ 0% 5% Northern Ireland
Central heating and hot water controls ℹ️ 0% 5% Northern Ireland
Draught stripping ℹ️ 0% 5% Northern Ireland
Ground source heat pumps ℹ️ 0% 5% Northern Ireland
Insulation ℹ️ 0% 5% Northern Ireland
Micro combined heat and power units ℹ️ 0% 5% Northern Ireland
Solar panels ℹ️ 0% 5% Northern Ireland
Water and wind turbines ℹ️ 0%
Heating equipment and connection of gas supply (to the extent they are grant-funded by certain funders to people aged over 60 or who are in receipt of certain benefits)
Closed solid fuel fire cassettes ℹ️ 5%
Electric dual immersion water heaters with factory-insulated hot water tanks ℹ️ 5%
Electric storage heaters ℹ️ 5%
Gas-fired boilers ℹ️ 5%
Gas room heaters with thermostatic controls ℹ️ 5%
Oil-fired boilers ℹ️ 5%
Radiators ℹ️ 5%
The installation, repair and maintenance of a boiler, radiators, pipework and controls forming a central heating system (including micro combined heat and power systems) ℹ️ 5%
The installation, repair and maintenance of renewable source heating systems. This means space or water heating systems which use energy from: renewable sources, including solar, wind and hydroelectric power; or near renewable sources, including ground and air heat ℹ️ 5%
Connection or reconnection to the mains gas supply ℹ️ 5%
Building and construction, land and property
Building and construction
Substantial reconstructions to protected buildings that are buildings used as a dwelling, for a relevant residential purpose or for a relevant charitable purpose ℹ️ 0%
The installation of a bathroom or lavatory, constructing ramps and widening doorways or passageways for disabled people in their own home ℹ️ 0%
Construction and first freehold or long leasehold sale of a new building for a relevant charitable purpose ℹ️ 0%
Construction and first freehold or long leasehold sale of a new building for relevant residential purposes ℹ️ 0%
Construction and first freehold or long leasehold sale of new domestic buildings ℹ️ 0%
Converting existing premises by increasing the number of dwellings within the building ℹ️ 5%
Renovating a dwelling that has been empty for at least 2 years ℹ️ 5%
First freehold or long leasehold sale of a commercial building converted into a dwelling or dwellings ℹ️ 0%
First freehold or long leasehold sale of buildings converted for relevant residential purposes ℹ️ 0%
First freehold or long leasehold sale of buildings converted for relevant charitable purposes ℹ️ 0%
Land and property
Garages or parking spaces let together with dwellings (under shorthold tenancy agreements) for permanent residential use ℹ️ Exempt
Parking — grant, or licence, to occupy land on which incidental parking takes place ℹ️ Exempt
Property, land and buildings — grant, or licence, to occupy land or buildings ℹ️ Exempt
Sale or long lease of a new dwelling with garage or parking space ℹ️ 0%
Transport, freight, travel and vehicles
Transport
Aircraft repair and maintenance ℹ️ 0%
Freight
Freight transport to or from a place outside the UK ℹ️ 0%
Freight containers — sale, lease or hire to a place outside the UK and the EU ℹ️ 0%
International freight transport that takes place in the UK and its territorial waters ℹ️ 0%
Travel
Houseboat moorings ℹ️ Exempt
Parking spaces or garages supplied with houseboat moorings ℹ️ Exempt
Passenger transport in a vehicle, boat or aircraft that carries not less than 10 passengers ℹ️ 0%
Tolls for bridges, tunnels and roads operated by public authorities ℹ️ Out of Scope
Vehicles
Aircraft repair and maintenance ℹ️ 0%
Airships — sale or charter ℹ️ 0%
Caravans (more than 7 metres long or more than 2.55 metres wide) ℹ️ 0% or 5%
Civil aeroplanes — sale or charter ℹ️ 0%
Helicopters — sale or charter ℹ️ 0%
Houseboats — sale or let out on hire ℹ️ 0%
Military aeroplanes — sale or charter ℹ️ 0%
Ship repairs and maintenance ℹ️ 0%
Shipbuilding — 15 tons or over gross tonnage ℹ️ 0%
Printing, postage, publications — books, magazines and newspapers
Printing
Brochures ℹ️ 0%
Leaflets ℹ️ 0%
Pamphlets ℹ️ 0%
Postage
Direct-mail postal services meeting all the conditions of VAT Notice 700/24 3.2 and 3.3 ℹ️ Out of Scope
Postage, packing and delivery within the UK included in the sales contract but charged for separately, for example, mail order ℹ️ The same rate as the goods being delivered or posted
Public postal services provided by the Royal Mail under a universal service obligation ℹ️ Exempt
Other postal services that are not subject to a universal service obligation ℹ️ Standard
Publications
Books ℹ️ 0%
Children’s painting and picture books ℹ️ 0%
Maps and charts ℹ️ 0%
Magazines ℹ️ 0%
Newspapers ℹ️ 0%
Printed or copied music ℹ️ 0%
Publications ℹ️ 0%
Clothing and footwear, protective and safety equipment
Clothing and footwear
Babywear ℹ️ 0%
Children’s clothes and footwear ℹ️ 0%
Protective and safety equipment
Carrycots with restraint straps ℹ️ 5%
Children’s car seats, booster seats and booster cushions ℹ️ 5%
Children’s safety seats with bare wheeled framework ℹ️ 5%
Cycle helmets — CE marked ℹ️ 0%
Motorcycle helmets that meet safety standards ℹ️ 0%
Protective boots and helmets for industrial use ℹ️ 0%
Financial services and investments, insurance
Financial services and investments
Financial services including the issue, transfer or receipt of, or dealing with money, securities for money or orders for the payment of money ℹ️ Exempt
The granting of credit such as loans ℹ️ Exempt
The management of credit by the person who has granted it ℹ️ Exempt
The provision of the facility of instalment credit finance for example hire-purchase ℹ️ Exempt
The provision of qualifying financial intermediary services ℹ️ Exempt
The issue, transfer or dealing with a security, including shares and bonds ℹ️ Exempt
The operation of a current, deposit or savings account ℹ️ Exempt
The management of a qualifying special investment fund ℹ️ Exempt
Financial service supplied as a separate element but with other goods or services ℹ️ Exempt
Financial service supplied as part of a single supply with other goods or services ℹ️ Exempt if financial service is the principal element of the supply
Gold investment coins ℹ️ Exempt
Insurance
Friendly society subscriptions for the provision of insurance ℹ️ Exempt
Insurance and reinsurance transactions ℹ️ Exempt
Insurance brokers and agents acting in an intermediary capacity ℹ️ Exempt
Insurance supplied as a separate element but with other goods or services ℹ️ Exempt
Insurance supplied as part of a single supply with other goods or services ℹ️ Exempt if insurance is the principal element of the supply