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Apply for meals at home from your council or other local organisation
Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing meals for employees and directors
As an employer providing meals for your employees, you have certain tax,…
You don’t have to report anything to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) or pay…
If the meals or vouchers you provide aren’t exempt, you may have to report…
The following guides contain more detailed information: subsidised meals…
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 schools and local authorities about providing school meals including information on free school meal eligibility.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
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.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website.
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Find out the scale rate expenses for accommodation and subsistence paid to employees who travel outside of the UK.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Published allocations and conditions of grant for the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech at the CST annual dinner.
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