vat
As you might imagine, all our services carry VAT. However, in the case of print, some items are actually VAT exempt. Here is a comprehensive list of VATable and non-VATable printed items for your reference, issued by HMCE.
VATable printed products (17.5%):
- acceptances > account books > address books > albums > amendment slips > announcement cards > appointment cards > autograph albums.
- badges > ballot papers > bankers' drafts > bingo cards > bills of quantity (blank) > biorhythm charts > book tokens > bookmakers' tickets > business cards.
calendars > certificates > cheque books > cloakroom tickets > colour cards > compliment slips > copy books > correspondence cards > coupons > coupon books > credit cards. - dividend warrants > draft forms > dressmaking patterns > duplicator matters.
- engineers' plans > envelopes > exercise books.
- fashion drawings > flash cards > folders > form letters (personalised) > forms > football pool coupons > framed maps.
- games > globes > greeting cards.
- index cards > insurance cover notes > invitation cards > invoices.
- log books (blank) > lottery tickets > labels > letter headings > letters (hand written).
- manuscript paper > memo pads > menu cards (with space for completion) > microfiche > microfilm > microform copies > music rolls > note books > order books.
- parts of books > pattern cards > photographs > photograph albums > plans > playing cards > postcards (whether completed or not) > posters > printed pictures.
- questionnaires.
- receipt books.
- stationery > stationery books > stickers > swatch books > swatch cards > sweepstake tickets.
- tags > tickets > transcripts > transfers > transparencies.
- visiting cards > vouchers.
- wall charts > wastepaper > wills > winding cards > wreath cards.
non-VATable printed products (0%):
- accounts (fully printed) > advertising leaflets (on paper) > agendas (fully printed) > almanacs > articles of association (complete in booklet form) > astronomical charts > atlases.
- bibliographies > bills of quantity > booklets > books (fully printed and bound) > brochures > bulletins.
- catalogues > charity advertising > charts, geographical or topographical > children's picture books > circulars (on paper) > colouring books > comics > company reports > crossword books.
- dictionaries.
- election addresses > encyclopedias.
- fixture lists > football programmes > form letters (uncompleted).
- geological maps.
- handbills > holiday and tourist guides > house journals > hydrological charts > hymn books.
- instruction manuals.
- journals.
- leaflets - on paper only > log books (completed) > looseleaf books.
- magazines > mail order catalogues > manuals > maps > memorandum of association (complete in booklet form.
missals > monographs > music. - newspapers.
- painting books (children's) > pamphlets > part works > periodicals > pictorial maps > poster magazines > prayer books > price lists (fully printed).
- rag books > recipe books > reference books > reports > road maps.
- sports programmes > staff journals.
- textbooks > theses, scientific or other > timetables (in the form of books or leaflets on paper) > topographical plans > town guides > tracts > trade catalogues > trade directories > travel brochures.
- year books.
- record books > record labels > record sleeves > registers > rent books > reply-paid coupons.
- score cards > scrap books (blank) > scrolls > seals > shade cards > stamp albums.
Should you have any queries regarding VAT in connection with your order, please e-mail us.