Question re: VAT rates on web design.

wynters

Howdy!

Does anyone know what the applicable VAT rate is for web design / development?

Standard rate for supply of goods is 21%
Standard rate for supply of services is 13.5%

But I understand this is NOT a hard and fast rule.

Patrick has an index of VAT rates per occupation here

But that doesn’t list web design / web development or anything IT related.

Does anyone have experience of this?


Thanks!

matt-dublin

youre supplying a service so it should be 13.5

of you were supplying a packaged website it would be 21%

product 21
labour 13.5

Pixelcraft

Tis 21% I'm afraid

Liam Byrne

Pixelcraft wrote: »

Tis 21% I'm afraid

Yup!

I remember discussing this very issue with my accountant because I was supplying a "web design/development service", but apparently the powers-that-be don't agree.

henryporter

Yes 21% as you are presumably providing an un-exempted professional service

was.deevey

You could always serve alot of expensive coffee to the client

FSL

If you are designing for companies they will most likely be VAT registered and therefore the rate of vat is not an issue.

Trojan

As I understand, the only part of the web design service you can charge at other than full rate is training (e.g. post website-delivery), which you can charge at zero-rated VAT. And you can only do that if it's training for professional rather than personal reasons (check up on that, it's a bit finicky).