The reduced VAT rate of 5% for the hospitality, hotel and holiday accommodation sectors, which applied from 15 July 2020, came to an end on 30 September 2021. It has been replaced from 1 October 2021 with a new reduced rate of 12.5%, which will run until 31 March 2022.

This article will go through what you need to know, and what you need to do in AccountsPrep if your business makes such supplies.

To help businesses in the Hospitality, Holiday Accomodation and Attractions sectors, the reduced rate of VAT (12.5%) will apply to:

Full details can be found here HMRC Guidance.

As this reduced rate is temporary and not applicable to all transactions, we recommend the use of a new custom VAT code to be applied as appropriate. This will make it simpler to identify transactions you're entering during this temporary reduced VAT rate period for reconciliation and analysis purposes.

For AccountsPrep companies set up with a UK template on or after Friday 1 October 2021, this new tax code will already be available for you to use in that template's tax codes ("Temporary Reduced VAT Rate 2").

For AccountsPrep companies that were already set up with UK templates before Friday 1 October 2021, you will need to create this new tax code yourself by going to Settings > Tax Codes and Add Tax Code. Your new tax code is now ready to use for transactions dated from 1 October 2021.

If you also use AccountsPrep's Default Tax Codes per Nominal Account feature, you may also want to review and update these settings.

For guidance on what the new UK reduced rate means for AutoEntry in general, please refer to AutoEntry and the UK VAT rate changes.

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