On April 1, 2026, the VAT on food will change from 12% to 6%. Takeaway food is considered food. Therefore, as a seller of takeaway food, you will have to deal with different VAT rates for food served on site and food for takeaway.
This change is temporary. On 1 January 2028, VAT rates will return to the previous system.
For those of you using Yabie, this is no problem. Here we go through how to get it right when selling food & takeaway
The set up of the feature takes place in Backstage. Also, make sure you update the app to the latest version, 3.36.
Takeaway
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Turn on Takeaway
Log in to Yabie Backstage
Select Organisation > Settings in the left menu.
Scroll down to the Hospitality features section
Check that the Option to mark orders or items as takeaway feature is turned on (open Edit if you need to enable it)
Select items for Takeaway VAT
Stay in Yabie Backstage
Select Product Catalogue > Price Lists in the left menu
Select the Takeaway price list and click to edit
Select products or product groups that can be sold with pickup.
Manage your Takeaway prices
To adjust the price of an individual item, click Edit next to the product. You can enter a new price or make a percentage change, you can of course enter a minus percentage.
To adjust the price of several products at the same time, select the products you wish to change the price of. Then select Edit prices for selected.
You'll need to select a price for your changes to be saved. If you want the same price, choose Use standard price.
We can show a maximum of 100 products in the list, if you have more products, you need to click Select All on each page separately. Filter by group for easier management.
Use the takeaway feature when selling at checkout
Log in to the Yabie checkout
Use the takeaway function as usual, either to highlight an entire purchase or individual items.
Now the checkout automatically detects if any of the items in the shopping cart are to be sold with takeaway VAT and makes sure that receipts, reports and your accounting are correct
Food
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Put on Food
Log in to Yabie Backstage
Select Organisation > Settings from the left menu.
Scroll down to the Retail Features section
Check that the VAT rules for Food feature is turned on (open Edit if you need to turn it on)
Select items for Food tax
Stay in Yabie Backstage
Select Product Catalogue > Price Lists in the left menu
Select the price list Food and click to edit
Use the selector to select which product groups or individual products should have a lower VAT
Manage Pricing
To adjust the price of an individual item, click Edit next to the product. You can enter a new price or make a percentage change, you can of course enter a minus percentage.
To adjust the price of several products at the same time, select the products you wish to change the price of. Then select Edit prices for selected.
When you sell one of these items at checkout, 6% VAT is automatically applied to the sale
You'll need to select a price for your changes to be saved. If you want the same price, choose Use standard price.
We can show a maximum of 100 products in the list, if you have more products, you need to click Select All on each page separately. Filter by group for easier management.
Bookkeeping
To make sure that the posting for sales with 6% VAT is correct, go to Bookkeeping → Chart of Accounts → Account for tax groups → Enter the correct accounts and click Save