Mandatory white cash register for catering businesses in exchange for a decrease in VAT to 6% on soft drinks

A radical measure, which also applies to beach bars, pop-up summer bars, football canteens, associations and events… Anyone who sells drinks. Discussions with the government are already well advanced for this, which means that the introduction can already be done from 1 January 2023.

Ignace Defever, Vice-President of Horeca West-Vlaanderen: “If we go to a supermarket, the VAT is six percent for a cola. If you come and drink the same cola with us, it’s 21%. Tell me, I can’t understand that. is reasonable for that VAT reduction, but in the meantime we are giving a white cash register to everyone who runs catering businesses.”

Each of them must therefore have a registered cash register, even all one-day events. “If the small entrepreneur or non-profit organization organizes something and it is a one-off, he must also be in order with food safety. order, even if it’s just for one day,” says Defever.