Flat rate scheme – new rates

by Robert Killington on January 4th, 2010

With the change in rate of VAT on 1 January 2010 the rates to be applied by those using the Flat Rate Scheme have changed, again! For information on how to apply the changes visit HMRC’s website.

The following table shows the percentage that businesses in the Flat Rate Scheme should use from 1 January 2010 in preparing their VAT returns.

Category of business

Appropriate percentage

Accountancy or book-keeping

13

Advertising

10

Agricultural services

10

Any other activity not listed elsewhere

10.5

Architect, civil and structural engineer or surveyor

13

Boarding or care of animals

10.5

Business services that are not listed elsewhere

10.5

Catering services including restaurants and takeaways

11

Computer and IT consultancy or data processing

13

Computer repair services

9.5

Dealing in waste or scrap

9.5

Entertainment or journalism

11

Estate agency or property management services

10.5

Farming or agriculture that is not listed elsewhere

6

Film, radio, television or video production

11.5

Financial services

12

Forestry or fishing

9.5

General building or construction services*

8.5

Hairdressing or other beauty treatment services

11.5

Hiring or renting goods

8.5

Hotel or accommodation

9.5

Investigation or security

10.5

Labour-only building or construction services*

13

Laundry or dry-cleaning services

10.5

Lawyer or legal services

13

Library, archive, museum or other cultural activity

8.5

Management consultancy

12.5

Manufacturing fabricated metal products

9.5

Manufacturing food

8

Manufacturing that is not listed elsewhere

8.5

Manufacturing yarn, textiles or clothing

8

Membership organisation

7

Mining or quarrying

9

Packaging

8

Photography

10

Post offices

4.5

Printing

7.5

Publishing

10

Pubs

6

Real estate activity not listed elsewhere

12.5

Repairing personal or household goods

9

Repairing vehicles

7.5

Retailing food, confectionary, tobacco, newspapers or children’s clothing

3.5

Retailing pharmaceuticals, medical goods, cosmetics or toiletries

7

Retailing that is not listed elsewhere

6.5

Retailing vehicles or fuel

6

Secretarial services

11.5

Social work

10

Sport or recreation

7.5

Transport or storage, including couriers, freight, removals and taxis

9

Travel agency

9.5

Veterinary medicine

10

Wholesaling agricultural products

7

Wholesaling food

6.5

Wholesaling that is not listed elsewhere

7.5

(1) * “Labour-only building or construction services” means building or construction services where the value of materials supplied is less than 10 per cent of relevant turnover from such services; any other building or construction services are “general building or construction services”.

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