Did you know? From 1.7.2020 until 31.12.2020 and from 01.01.2021 until 30.06.2021 reduced VAT rates will apply in Germany and in German hospitality business. You can find an overview here: The new tax rates 2020/2021 in Germany.

This is the fastest way to manually set the new tax rates in the orderbird app...

Let's go

1. In the orderbird main menu tap on Settings > Orderpad > Menu card
2. Update the tax rate of the product group
   1. Tap on the "i" to the right of the name of a product group that contains food.
   2. Set the new tax rates for this product group for Inhouse and Takeaway
       as following:

      	prior to 01.07.2020	from 01.07.2020 on	from 01.01.2021 on	from 01.07.2021 on
      MEALS Inhouse VAT	19 %	5 %	7 %	19 %
      MEALS Takeaway VAT	7 %	5 %	7 %	7 %
      BEVERAGES & MISC (valid for Inhouse as well as Takeaway VAT, depending on each item)	19 %	16 %	19 %	19 %
      	7 %	5 %	7 %	7 %

   3. Tap "Done" in the upper left corner.
3. Update the tax rate of the articles
   
   1. Tap on the name of the product group to get to the articles.
   2. Tap on an article.
   3. Activate "Derive VAT".
   4. Tap on "Done" in the top left corner.
   5. Repeat this for all articles in the product group.
4. Tap on "Save" in the upper left corner.
5. Repeat this procedure for each merchandise group that contains food and activate "Inherit Tax Rates" for the respective articles.

If you need more details, you can find them here: How do I change tax rates (VAT) in my orderbird menu?