USE THIS TOOL WHEN you know the UK VAT category name for a good or service and want its VAT treatment.
Exact named-category lookup, not a free-text VAT classifier or tax
advice. The query must equal a category name, ignoring only case,
spacing, hyphens and apostrophe style. Extra qualifying words are never
discarded: 'pet food' is its own category, and 'baby food' is not
'food'.
A match returns `rate` (standard, reduced, zero or exempt),
`rate_percentage` (None for exempt), conditions in `notes`, the GOV.UK
`source_url`, and that entry's `verified_on` date.
An unresolved query returns no rate: `matched_category`, `rate`,
`rate_percentage` and `verified_on` are all null, never a default.
Its `notes` list the category names. AFTER an unresolved result, retry
with a listed name or call hmrc_search_guidance.
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