Newsletters are usually zero-rated (0% VAT) in the UK, but only if they meet HMRC's conditions: printed (the email version isn't this item) (HMRC VAT Notice 701/10, paragraph 3.6).
PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
Zero-rated. Nothing further to report.
Newsletters
0% VAT
Newsletters are zero-rated, either as periodicals or as leaflets.
Newsletters are usually zero-rated (0% VAT) in the UK, but only if they meet HMRC's conditions: printed (the email version isn't this item) (HMRC VAT Notice 701/10, paragraph 3.6). Newsletters are zero-rated, either as periodicals or as leaflets.
When would newsletters be charged at 20% VAT?
The zero rate applies as long as it's: printed (the email version isn't this item). If one of those isn't true, it's likely to be standard-rated at 20%.
Is the design and artwork for newsletters zero-rated too?
If your printer does the design, typesetting or finishing as part of the same zero-rated print job, that work can be zero-rated too. Design bought separately from a studio is a standard-rated service.
Where does this come from?
HMRC VAT Notice 701/10, paragraph 3.6, HMRC's guidance on zero rating books and printed matter. Read the notice on GOV.UK ↗
