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VAT on hot food
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Dont know if this is the right place to ask but here goes...Whats the situation regarding VAT on hot food please?? I wonder why I pay the same for a hot saviour as a cold one in certain high street chains!!
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Foods that are classified as true food and not snacks are zero-rated. Which is why biscuits, choccy bars are always charged VAT.
Foods that supplied to eat-in always have VAT added because it is a service of food being supplied, not raw foodstuffs.
Foods that are heated will always attract VAT, even if you take-it-out, the supply is a service of hot food, even on a pasty that would be zero-rated when bought cold.
Foods that are classified as true food and not snacks are zero-rated. Which is why biscuits, choccy bars are always charged VAT.
Foods that supplied to eat-in always have VAT added because it is a service of food being supplied, not raw foodstuffs.
Foods that are heated will always attract VAT, even if you take-it-out, the supply is a service of hot food, even on a pasty that would be zero-rated when bought cold.