Reduced VAT Rates for Animal Feed Products – Updates on Application Guidelines (CGI, art. 278 bis)

• Reduced VAT rate of 5.5% applies to animal feed products for animals producing food for human consumption
• Pet food products are subject to the normal VAT rate
• Parties can agree to waive the procedures for issuing corrective invoices for transactions before September 30, 2024
• Definition of animal feed products follows the same principles as human food products
• Only animals producing food for human consumption are eligible for the reduced VAT rate
• Animals producing food include livestock, poultry, farmed fish, snails, bees, game birds, and quails
• Livestock includes animals for butchery and charcuterie (horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, goats)

Source: bofip.impots.gouv.fr

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