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Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Find out the general rules for the Apportionment Retail Schemes (1 and 2), how the scheme works, records you must keep and how to work out your VAT.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Accounting for VAT using retail schemes if you're a VAT-registered business and you cannot account for VAT using normal accounting.
Example menus and useful guidance for early years settings to help meet the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements for food and drink.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
Find out when you need to agree a bespoke VAT retail scheme with HMRC.
Information on the European Parliament agreement of a new regulation on foods for specific uses.
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