| If your business generates sales of over
£67,000 you must register for Value Added Tax and charge VAT at 17½% to your
customers. If your business is already registered for VAT and net
sales have fallen below £65,000 you can de-register.
Not all sales are
subject to VAT at 17½%. If you sell domestic fuel and power (includes
calor gas), install energy-saving materials, install heating equipment or
security goods that are grant funded, sell woman's sanitary products,
children's car seats, perform residential conversions or renovate and alter
dwellings, please contact us to discuss the VAT rate you should be charging.
The following supplies are subject to VAT, but at a rate of 0%;
Food - Sewerage services and
water works - Books - Talking books for the blind - Construction of new
buildings - Protected buildings - International services - Transport -
Caravans and houseboats - Gold - Bank notes - Drugs and medicines - Imports
and Exports - Charities - Clothing and Footwear
The following supplies are not subject to VAT;
Land - Insurance - Postal
services - Betting, gaming and lotteries - Finance - Education - Health and
welfare - Burial and cremation - Subscriptions to trade unions, professional
and public interest bodies - Sport, sports competitions - Works of art -
Fund raising events by charities - Cultural services
Notices, leaflets etc. can be downloaded direct from H M Customs & Excise
by visiting their website
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