VCLOTHING1250 | How to decide whether zero-rating applies

In practice, you must consider the following four questions in order to determine whether zero rating applies:

• Is the article in question ‘clothing or footwear’? See VCLOTHING2000;

• If the article is made of fur (if the article is not made of fur please ignore this question), does it fall within the excepted items in the law? See VCLOTHING3000;

• Is it designed as clothing or footwear for young children (i.e. under 14 years)? See VCLOTHING4000; and

• Is it suitable only for young children (i.e. under 14 years)? See VCLOTHING5000

If the answer to ALL these questions is ‘YES’, then the article is eligible for zero-rating; if the answer to ANY of them is ‘NO’, then the article is standard-rated.

In this guidance the term ‘clothing’ includes footwear.