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The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2009

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Flat-rate scheme for small businesses, category of business.

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9.  For the Table in regulation 55K (flat-rate scheme for small businesses, category of business), substitute—

Category of businessAppropriate percentage
(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”.

Accountancy or book-keeping13
Advertising10
Agricultural services10
Any other activity not listed elsewhere10.5
Architect, civil and structural engineer or surveyor13
Boarding or care of animals10.5
Business services that are not listed elsewhere10.5
Catering services including restaurants and takeaways11
Computer and IT consultancy or data processing13
Computer repair services9.5
Dealing in waste or scrap9.5
Entertainment or journalism11
Estate agency or property management services10.5
Farming or agriculture that is not listed elsewhere6
Film, radio, television or video production11.5
Financial services12
Forestry or fishing9.5
General building or construction services(1) *8.5
Hairdressing or other beauty treatment services11.5
Hiring or renting goods8.5
Hotel or accommodation9.5
Investigation or security10.5
Labour-only building or construction services(1) *13
Laundry or dry-cleaning services10.5
Lawyer or legal services13
Library, archive, museum or other cultural activity8.5
Management consultancy12.5
Manufacturing fabricated metal products9.5
Manufacturing food8
Manufacturing that is not listed elsewhere8.5
Manufacturing yarn, textiles or clothing8
Membership organisation7
Mining or quarrying9
Packaging8
Photography10
Post offices4.5
Printing7.5
Publishing10
Pubs6
Real estate activity not listed elsewhere12.5
Repairing personal or household goods9
Repairing vehicles7.5
Retailing food, confectionary, tobacco, newspapers or children’s clothing3.5
Retailing pharmaceuticals, medical goods, cosmetics or toiletries7
Retailing that is not listed elsewhere6.5
Retailing vehicles or fuel6
Secretarial services11.5
Social work10
Sport or recreation7.5
Transport or storage, including couriers, freight, removals and taxis9
Travel agency9.5
Veterinary medicine10
Wholesaling agricultural products7
Wholesaling food6.5
Wholesaling that is not listed elsewhere7.5

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