Is there VAT on event, gig or festival printing?

Q: Is there VAT on event, gig or festival printing?

Some of it. Usually 0% VAT: programmes, leaflets, site map leaflet. Usually 20% VAT: posters, tickets and wristbands, banners and flags, signage, lanyards and name badges, merch, stickers and labels.

Some of it. It depends on the item, not the occasion, so one job can have both rates on the same invoice.

An event. Mostly twenty per cent. I shall be at the back.

Printing for a event, gig or festival

Some 0%, some 20%

Here's the usual print for a event, gig or festival. Tap any item to see why it's 0% or 20%.

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Programmes 0%

HMRC lists programmes (including sports and football programmes) as zero-rated.

Leaflets 0%

Leaflets are zero-rated. A sheet you pick up, read and bin (or one that comes with a product) is exactly what the zero rate is for.

Posters 20%

Anything made to go on a wall or be displayed is standard-rated. The zero rate is for things you hold and read.

Tickets and wristbands 20%

Anything that gets you in, gets you money off or has a value of its own is standard-rated.

Site map leaflet 0%

Printed maps and charts are zero-rated.

Banners and flags 20%

The zero rate only covers paper and card. Fabric, vinyl, PVC, foamboard and the like are standard-rated.

Signage 20%

The zero rate only covers paper and card. Fabric, vinyl, PVC, foamboard and the like are standard-rated.

Lanyards and name badges 20%

It's designed to be kept and used, not read and thrown away, so it isn't a leaflet. Standard-rated.