Letters can be 0% or 20% VAT in the UK depending on the job (HMRC VAT Notice 701/10, paragraph 4.3). Each one is personalised with a name or address: 20% VAT. Same letter for everyone, blank except for name, address, reference and signature: 0% VAT. A charity's appeal letter asking for donations: 0% VAT.
Letters
It depends
A letter personalised with the recipient's name or address is standard-rated. A generic printed letter can be a leaflet.
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Each one is personalised with a name or address20%Same letter for everyone, blank except for name, address, reference and signature0%A charity's appeal letter asking for donations0%Need these printed?
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Letters can be 0% or 20% VAT in the UK depending on the job (HMRC VAT Notice 701/10, paragraph 4.3). Each one is personalised with a name or address: 20% VAT. Same letter for everyone, blank except for name, address, reference and signature: 0% VAT. A charity's appeal letter asking for donations: 0% VAT. A letter personalised with the recipient's name or address is standard-rated. A generic printed letter can be a leaflet.
Each one is personalised with a name or address: 20% VAT. Same letter for everyone, blank except for name, address, reference and signature: 0% VAT. A charity's appeal letter asking for donations: 0% VAT.
HMRC VAT Notice 701/10, paragraph 4.3, HMRC's guidance on zero rating books and printed matter. Read the notice on GOV.UK ↗