Ireland VAT rate changes https://plainvat.com/country/ireland/ Every recorded VAT rate change for Ireland, sourced from official rate schedules. en-us Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:10:56 GMT Ireland VAT rates effective 2012-01-01 https://plainvat.com/country/ireland/ vat-rate-ireland-2012-01-01@plainvat.com Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Ireland VAT rate schedule effective 2012-01-01: standard rate: 23% (Most goods and services) Ireland VAT rates effective 2011-07-01 https://plainvat.com/country/ireland/ vat-rate-ireland-2011-07-01@plainvat.com Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Ireland VAT rate schedule effective 2011-07-01: second reduced rate: 9% (Tourism, newspapers, e-publications) Ireland VAT rates effective 2003-01-01 https://plainvat.com/country/ireland/ vat-rate-ireland-2003-01-01@plainvat.com Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Ireland VAT rate schedule effective 2003-01-01: reduced rate: 13.5% (Restaurants, hairdressing, fuel, electricity) super-reduced rate: 4.8% (Livestock (excluding poultry)) Ireland VAT rates effective 1973-01-01 https://plainvat.com/country/ireland/ vat-rate-ireland-1973-01-01@plainvat.com Mon, 01 Jan 1973 00:00:00 GMT Ireland VAT rate schedule effective 1973-01-01: zero rate: 0% (Food, books, childrens clothing, oral medicine)