Skip to contentIs there VAT on funeral printing?
Some of it. It depends on the item, not the occasion, so one job can have both rates on the same invoice.
PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL Sorry for your loss. And mine.
Printing for a funeral
Some 0%, some 20%
Here's the usual print for a funeral. Tap any item to see why it's 0% or 20%.
HMRC names orders of service as zero-rated. They're read on the day and not designed to be kept.
Books and booklets are zero-rated. Pages of reading matter bound together, with or without a cover.
HMRC lists memorial and wreath cards as standard-rated. They're made to be kept.
Greetings cards are standard-rated.
Anything made to go on a wall or be displayed is standard-rated. The zero rate is for things you hold and read.
Blank books for writing in are stationery. Standard-rated.
