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    "title": "VAT rates",
    "description": "Current VAT rates - standard 20% and rates for reduced rate and zero-rated items",
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    "public_updated_at": "2014-04-29T09:59:40+01:00",
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        "body": "\n<div class=\"highlight-answer\">\n<p>The standard <abbr title=\"Value Added Tax\">VAT</abbr> rate is <em>20%</em></p>\n</div>\n\n<h2><abbr title=\"Value Added Tax\">VAT</abbr> rates for goods and services</h2>\n\n<table>\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>Rate</th>\n <th>% of <abbr title=\"Value Added Tax\">VAT</abbr></th>\n <th>What the rate applies to</th>\n </tr>\n </thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td>Standard</td>\n <td>20%</td>\n <td>Most goods and services</td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Reduced rate</td>\n <td>5%</td>\n <td>Some goods and services, eg children&rsquo;s car seats and home energy</td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Zero rate</td>\n <td>0%</td>\n <td>Zero-rated goods and services, eg most food and children’s clothes</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\n\n<p>The standard rate of <abbr title=\"Value Added Tax\">VAT</abbr> increased from 17.5 per cent to 20 per cent on 4 January 2011.</p>\n\n<p>Some things are exempt from <abbr title=\"Value Added Tax\">VAT</abbr> (eg postage stamps, financial and property transactions).</p>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"/vat-businesses/vat-rates\"><abbr title=\"Value Added Tax\">VAT</abbr> rate businesses charge</a> depends on their goods and services. </p>\n\n<p>Check the <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/rates-of-vat-on-different-goods-and-services\">rates of <abbr title=\"Value Added Tax\">VAT</abbr></a> on different goods and services.</p>\n\n",
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