Is there VAT on wedding printing?

Q: Is there VAT on wedding printing?

Some of it. Usually 0% VAT: order of service, wedding booklet. Usually 20% VAT: invitations, save the dates, rsvps, place cards and table numbers, table plan and welcome sign, thank you cards, guest book (blank), favour stickers. Depends on the job: menus.

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

A wedding. Some of this is mine. I shall bring a card.

Printing for a wedding

Some 0%, some 20%

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

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Order of service 0%

HMRC names orders of service as zero-rated. They're read on the day and not designed to be kept.

Invitations, save the dates, RSVPs 20%

HMRC lists invitation cards as standard-rated.

Menus ?

HMRC treats table menu cards as standard-rated, but a takeaway menu posted through doors is a leaflet.

Place cards and table numbers 20%

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

Table plan and welcome sign 20%

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

Thank you cards 20%

Greetings cards are standard-rated.

Guest book (blank) 20%

Blank books for writing in are stationery. Standard-rated.

Wedding booklet 0%

Books and booklets are zero-rated. Pages of reading matter bound together, with or without a cover.

Favour stickers 20%

HMRC lists stickers, labels and tags as standard-rated.