VAT
VAT on wholesale food orders, worked out on every line
Give each product its VAT class, once. Every order shows its VAT line by line — zero-rated food and standard-rated crisps or soft drinks together — and your customer sees the full total before they place it.
Set it up once, check it once
Each product’s VAT class
Standard, reduced, zero-rated or exempt — with a suggestion where the product’s name points to one.
The rates
Supligo keeps the UK’s VAT rates — you do not type them in.
You confirm it
You see what every product is charged, and confirm it before customers can order.
On every order
VAT by what is in the order, line by line
Each order is priced on our server, so the VAT your customer sees before ordering is the VAT on the summary you see. How a delivery charge is treated for VAT depends on what is delivered with it, so ask your accountant about yours.
- Zero-rated food stays zero-rated
- Crisps, confectionery and soft drinks at the standard rate
- The VAT rate shown on every line
- Roma tomatoes25 kg case£38.50
- Romaine heartsCase of 24£31.90
- LemonsCase of 115£42.00
- RibeyeAbout 12 kg · £13.90/kg~£166.80
- Delivery fee£15.00
- VATBasic food, not taxed£0.00
In each country we serve
United Kingdom
VAT by product class — standard, reduced, zero or exempt — with the rate shown on every line.
United States
Your permit states and one combined rate for each, ten product classes, and customer exemption certificates.
Canada
GST/HST and PST, RST or QST by the province of delivery, from dated tables — only the taxes you are registered for.
Questions about VAT
Does Supligo file or pay my VAT?
No. Supligo works out the tax on each order from what you set and shows it on the order and its summary. Filing and paying it stays with you and your accountant.
Do I type in the VAT rates?
No. Supligo keeps the UK’s VAT rates. You choose each product’s class — standard, reduced, zero-rated or exempt — and every line shows its rate.
Is wholesale food zero-rated?
Most food is, but crisps, confectionery, soft drinks and hot food are standard-rated, and so are supplies such as cleaning products. You set a VAT class for each product — Supligo suggests one where the name points to it — and you confirm it. This is not tax advice.
What does my customer see?
A tax line and the full total — including estimates for items sold by weight — before they place the order, and the final tax on the order summary.
Sources
- VAT rates — GOV.UK
- Food products and VAT (VAT Notice 701/14) — HM Revenue & Customs
- State Sales Taxes – Food and Drug Exemptions — Federation of Tax Administrators
- Uniform Sales & Use Tax Resale Certificate – Multijurisdiction — Multistate Tax Commission
- Purchases by Restaurants, Taverns, and Similar Establishments (TB-ST-695) — New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
- Shipping and Delivery Charges (Publication 100) — California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
- GST/HST Memorandum 3-3-3, Place of Supply in a Province – Tangible Personal Property — Canada Revenue Agency
- GST/HST Memorandum 4.3, Basic Groceries — Canada Revenue Agency
- GST/HST calculator (and rates) — Canada Revenue Agency
- 2020 Budget tax changes — Government of British Columbia
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