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title: "VAT for Food & Take-away"
slug: "moms-för-livsmedel-take-away"
updated: 2026-03-30T14:09:17Z
published: 2026-03-30T14:09:17Z
canonical: "support.yabie.com/moms-för-livsmedel-take-away"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# VAT for Food & Take-away

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

> [!NOTE]
> ### The set up of the feature takes place in Backstage. Also, make sure you update the app to the latest version, 3.36.

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## Takeaway

[Take away momsregeländringar (1).mp4](https://cdn.document360.io/ff6b6016-e382-4ff8-9139-40f0d89ab62c/Images/Documentation/Take%20away%20momsregela%CC%88ndringar%20(1).mp4?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-10T17%3A52%3A47Z&se=2026-11-10T18%3A52%3A47Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=9mAp0%2BejvKnmKhdOIwwUguIZDQMKQuk47a1Uu0nx46k%3D)

> [!NOTE]
> Make sure to unmute the video 🔉

#### 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.**

> [!CAUTION]
> **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

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## Food

[Livsmedel momsregeländringar (2).mp4](https://cdn.document360.io/ff6b6016-e382-4ff8-9139-40f0d89ab62c/Images/Documentation/Livsmedel%20momsregela%CC%88ndringar%20(2).mp4?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-10T17%3A52%3A47Z&se=2026-11-10T18%3A52%3A47Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=9mAp0%2BejvKnmKhdOIwwUguIZDQMKQuk47a1Uu0nx46k%3D)

> [!NOTE]
> Make sure to unmute the video 🔉

#### 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.**

> [!CAUTION]
> **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.**

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## 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