| | Temporary reduced VAT rate for hospitality and tourism in the Republic of Ireland |
| Description | What changed?To help businesses mainly in the hospitality, holiday accommodation, and attractions sectors, the Irish Government reduced the rate of VAT from the reduced rate of 13.5% to the second reduced rate of 9% on a temporary basis. This will revert back to the 13.5% reduced rate from 1 September 2023. This change applies to: - The supply of restaurant and catering services, guest and holiday accommodation.
- Various entertainment services such as admission to cinemas, theatres, museums, fairgrounds, and amusement parks.
- Hairdressing and certain printed matter such as brochures, maps, and programmes.
Details of the reduction can be found on the Budget 2023 website.
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| Resolution | The reduced rate of 9% VAT is ending on 1st September 2023. After this date, you should revert to using the usual tax codes at 13.5%. If you need to record transactions that took place under the temporary 9% reduced rate, you can select the header below to view the process for recording these transactions.
You can create a new tax code to represent the temporary 9% VAT rate, which make's it easier to identify transactions you're entering during the temporary reduced VAT rate period for reconciliation and analysis purposes.
Create new tax codesYou can create new tax codes for transactions that qualify for the reduced 9% VAT rate as follows: - Create two new tax codes to represent the existing tax codes T3 and T13.
- If you deal with EU reverse charge, or reduced rate purchases from the EC you should also create further tax codes to represent T20, T25 and T26 which are linked to T3 and T13.
We recommend using T44, T45 and if required, T46, T47 and T48. If these are already in use, use the next available codes. - On the menu bar, click Settings, click Configuration then click Tax codes.
- Select the tax code T44 or the next available code, and click Edit.
- Complete the edit tax code window as follows:
| Rate | Enter the required percentage as 9.00 | | Include in VAT Return | To ensure the transactions are picked up by the VAT Return, select this check box | | Reverse Charge | From the drop-down list, choose No | | Resale | Select this check box | | Outside EC | Leave this check box unticked | | Enable EC Code | Leave this check box unticked | | Rate | From the drop-down list, choose Reduced | | Description | Enter this description: Temp reduced rate sales and purchases of goods for resale |
- Click OK.
- Select tax code T45, or the next available code, and click Edit.
- Complete the Edit tax code window as follows:
| Rate | Enter the required percentage as 9.00 | | Include in VAT Return | To ensure the transactions are picked up by the VAT Return, select this check box | | Reverse Charge | From the drop-down list, choose No | | Resale | Leave this check box unticked | | Outside EC | Leave this check box unticked | | Enable EC Code | Leave this check box unticked | | Rate | From the drop-down list, choose Reduced | | Description | Enter this description : Temp reduced rated purchases of goods for non-resale |
- Click OK.
- Select tax code T46 or the next available code and click Edit.
- Complete the edit tax code window as follows:
| Rate | Leave the percentage rate as 0.00 | | Include in VAT Return | To ensure the transactions are picked up by the VAT Return, select this check box | | Reverse Charge | From the drop-down list, choose EU reverse charge | | Resale | Leave this check box unticked | | Outside EC | Leave this check box unticked | | Enable EC Code | Select this check box and then select the following options: EC Purchases, Services | | Link to | Choose T44 or any alternative code you have used | | Rate | From the drop-down list, choose Reduced | | Description | Enter this description : Temp reduced rate EU reverse charge |
- Click OK.
- Select tax code T47 or the next available code and click Edit.
- Complete the edit tax code window as follows:
| Rate | Leave the percentage rate as 0.00 | | Include in VAT Return | To ensure the transactions are picked up by the VAT Return, select this check box | | Reverse Charge | From the drop-down list, choose No | | Resale | Select this check box | | Outside EC | Leave this check box unticked | | Enable EC Code | Select this check box and then select the following options: EC Purchases, Goods | | Link to | Choose T44 or any alternative code you have used | | Rate | From the drop-down list, choose Reduced | | Description | Enter this description : Temp reduced rate purchases from EC suppliers |
- Click OK.
- Select tax code T48 or the next available code and click Edit.
- Complete the edit tax code window as follows:
| Rate | Leave the percentage rate as 0.00 | | Include in VAT Return | To ensure the transactions are picked up by the VAT Return, select this check box | | Reverse Charge | From the drop-down list, choose No | | Resale | Leave this check box unticked | | Outside EC | Leave this check box unticked | | Enable EC Code | Select this check box and then select the following options: EC Purchases, Goods | | Link to | Choose T45 or any alternative code you have used | | Rate | From the drop-down list, choose Reduced | | Description | Enter this description : Temp reduced rate purchases from EC suppliers |
- Click OK, then click Apply.
- Click Close, then, if prompted, to save the changes, click No.
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