Menus can be 0% or 20% VAT in the UK depending on the job (HMRC VAT Notice 701/10, section 8). Takeaway menu posted through doors or handed out: 0% VAT. Menu for the table, or for a wedding or event: 20% VAT.
PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
Table menu or takeaway? I'll need the particulars.
Menus
It depends
HMRC treats table menu cards as standard-rated, but a takeaway menu posted through doors is a leaflet.
Menus can be 0% or 20% VAT in the UK depending on the job (HMRC VAT Notice 701/10, section 8). Takeaway menu posted through doors or handed out: 0% VAT. Menu for the table, or for a wedding or event: 20% VAT. HMRC treats table menu cards as standard-rated, but a takeaway menu posted through doors is a leaflet.
How do I know which VAT rate applies to menus?
Takeaway menu posted through doors or handed out: 0% VAT. Menu for the table, or for a wedding or event: 20% VAT.
Where does this come from?
HMRC VAT Notice 701/10, section 8, HMRC's guidance on zero rating books and printed matter. Read the notice on GOV.UK ↗
