VAT 9 or 21 percent is wrong on the receipt.
9 percent on food and non-alcoholic drink, also for takeaway. 21 percent on alcohol, also for takeaway. Set per article in POS, not one default. Get this wrong and your journal never reconciles.
support/pos-retail/btw-9-vs-21-horeca-foutsteps: 4
Try this first
- Walk the whole menu and check VAT rate per item.
- Set VAT explicitly per dish, do not rely on default inheritance.
- On doubt ask your accountant, e.g. zero-alcohol cocktail is what rate?
- Reconcile monthly POS VAT against the VAT return.
When to bring us in
Correcting wrong rates afterwards is work. On large variances, file a suppletion via your accountant.
See also
- Lightspeed Retail or K-Series?Retail is for SKU-driven shops with e-commerce, K-Series is for hospitality.
- Is MplusKASSA right for my shop?Dutch vendor, strong for multi-store retail with solid accounting integration.
- Cloud POS or local only?Cloud needs reliable internet plus 4G failover, local-only loses multi-store sync.
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