We don't answer this one. Where printed matter is supplied as part of a package, the VAT depends on how the whole supply is put together rather than on the printing, so check the individual items and take the package itself to your accountant (HMRC VAT Notice 701/10, paragraph 6.1).
PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
It could go either way.Let's narrow it down.
Mailing packs and delegate packs
It depends
We can't tell you. Where printed matter is supplied as part of a package, the rate depends on how the whole supply is put together, not on what the printed items are. Check each item here, then take professional advice on the package.
HMRC VAT Notice 701/10, paragraph 6.1
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This is the one question on the site we will not answer. Everything else here is about what a printed thing is, which is a question you can settle by looking at it. A package is different: where several items are supplied together for one price, the rate turns on how the transaction is structured rather than on the printing, and that is a judgement about your supply, not about your print. Get the individual items right first, because that part is straightforward and it is what this site is for. Then take the package itself to your accountant. HMRC's guidance on packages is at section 6 of the notice and it is genuinely involved, which is the point: it needs someone who can look at the whole job.
What decides it?
Not the printing. How the supply is put together, which is a question for your accountant.
Where does this come from?
HMRC VAT Notice 701/10, paragraph 6.1, HMRC's guidance on zero rating books and printed matter. See the notices we work from.
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The leaflets, brochures and forms inside the packdepends
Check each one here. Those answers are solid and they are the part we can help with.
The pack as a whole, sold for one pricedepends
Take this one to your accountant. The rate depends on the structure of the supply, not on the print.