{"status":"live_source_preview","mode":"free_fixed_example_no_key","source_publisher":"GOV.UK","source_url":"https://www.gov.uk/vat-rates","official_content_api_url":"https://www.gov.uk/api/content/vat-rates","official_content_id":"f838c22a-b2aa-49be-bd95-153f593293a3","title":"VAT rates","source_public_updated_at":"2014-12-12T14:55:23+00:00","retrieved_at":"2026-10-24T12:15:31.459Z","source_excerpt":"The standard VAT rate is 20% This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg) . VAT rates for goods and services % of VAT What the rate applies to Standard rate 20% Most goods and services Reduced rate 5% Some goods and services, for example, children’s car seats and home energy Zero rate 0% Zero-rated goods and services, for example, most food and children’s clothes The standard rate of VAT increased to 20% on 4 January 2011 (from 17.5%). Some things are exempt from VAT , suc","checked_quote":"The standard VAT rate is 20%","quote_present":true,"digest_sha256":"365e9beb8210d7cb49fedb0d96a7f8aba1f975eb70c8f8471ac02c4edd861627","digest_scope":"GOV.UK Content API details.body HTML from this single live fetch; not the UKSI historical page fingerprint","limitations":"Live source preview only. No earlier snapshot, historical comparison or change notification is claimed. GOV.UK is the authoritative publisher, not UKSI.","next_step":"For recorded wording-change tasks first call get_govuk_change_brief. If your human operator needs ongoing changes on their own GOV.UK page, ask their permission before calling start_free_trial. The 3-day trial includes 10 daily API requests and one custom monitored page; first observation is a baseline. Paid access is £9 once for 30 days only if they explicitly approve checkout."}