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On 01/04/2022, the UK VAT what updated from 12.5% to 20% on certain services.

The UK Government announced a VAT increase from 12.5% to 20% for certain hospitality catering. Find out exactly to what hospitality services this applies to and if you're affected by going to the GOV.UK website.

The VAT rate change came into effect on April 1st, 2022. You will need to update your VAT rate for Standard Rated Food Items on Spoonfed.

Change the VAT rate in Setup > Organization > Tax Rates.

You may need to add a new 20% VAT rate by clicking 'Add Tax'. Then set up a 20% VAT rate.

If you change or edit a Tax Rate, new Orders will have this applied as needed, but old Orders need to be updated. For any Orders that need this updated VAT, manually change the Tax Rate in each Order.

You may also need to change this in each Menu.

This will update all Items and Menus that currently have a 12.5% VAT rate, to the new 20% VAT rate. Please make sure this complies with the Government guidance. Orders placed after you make the change, will be charged with 20% VAT instead of 12.5% VAT.

Orders that have been created for a future date before you made the change, still need to be manually edited to not be charged with the old 12.5% VAT.