Skip to contentIs there VAT on school, college or university 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 Today's lesson: zero and twenty per cent. There will be a test.
Printing for a school, college or university
Some 0%, some 20%
Here's the usual print for a school, college or university. Tap any item to see why it's 0% or 20%.
Brochures are zero-rated. Several sheets of reading matter folded or fastened together, even if it's all advertising.
Newsletters are zero-rated, either as periodicals or as leaflets.
Educational books in question-and-answer format are zero-rated. The answer spaces are part of the book.
Certificates are standard-rated.
Forms are standard-rated. If more than a quarter of it is space to fill in or a bit to tear off and send back, it's a form, not a leaflet.
Calendars are standard-rated. They're used, not just read.
Blank books for writing in are stationery. Standard-rated.
HMRC lists programmes (including sports and football programmes) as zero-rated.
Anything made to go on a wall or be displayed is standard-rated. The zero rate is for things you hold and read.
The zero rate only covers paper and card. Fabric, vinyl, PVC, foamboard and the like are standard-rated.
