Is food exempt VAT and if it is are restaurants allowed to charge it ?

Question

Is food exempt VAT and if it is are restaurants allowed to charge it ?

Answer 1

Nope VAT on certain items of food aren't exempt and yes resturants are allowed to charge it.  

Answer 2

certain food items such as bread are zero rated, other things like confectionery and beer are standard rating. Anything deemed to be catering is standard rated and a restaurant basically provides catering services hence everything they charge for will be subject to VAT at the standard rate.

Answer 3

No there is vat on food and restaurant's must charge it.  

Answer 4

The rules are long winded.

But here are the basics

Food (in tins etc) from shops; No

All hot food from cafes etc (in or out); Yes

Cold food  from cafes etc ( in) Yes

Cold food from cafes etc (out): No

Provided of course that the cafe in question is VAT registered.

There are certain dispensations for the likes off pies cooling down (Greggs for instance)

I hope this helps.

Answer 5

Food is not exempt VAT.

And with restraunts your also paying for a service, not just food.