From 1 September 2019 onwards, the selling of café and kiosk products to students will be ...
The Finnish Tax Administration has released new guidelines for VAT on education services:
”Café and kiosk operations taking place in educational institutes – including the selling of co_ee, soft drinks, pastries and snacks – are subject to VAT.
Such products are not part of the customary meals eaten at these institutes."
This is why, from 1 September onwards, our prices will be the same to all customers. This means that the prices of, for example, co_ee products and pastries charged to students will rise by 14% (the current VAT rate).
The change does not apply to student-priced lunches subsidised by Kela (the Social Insurance Institution of Finland) that are eaten in the restaurants.
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