Leicester to give VAT Gain to Charity

League One club Leicester City are to give a donation to charity of an amount roughly equal to the drop in VAT.

Following the government's decision to lower the rate of VAT from today (Monday), Leicester City have decided to make donations to selected chosen charities, rather then go through the costly exercise of re-aligning their entire ticket pricing structure.

From December 1, the rate of VAT charged on products sold in the UK has been reduced from 17.5% to 15%. And whilst logistical issues have reluctantly prevented the club from reducing ticket prices, the club plan to calculate the discounted VAT element on all tickets sold between now and the end of the season and donate this sum to charity.

City Chief Executive Lee Hoos explained the reasoning behind the Foxes' decision. He said: "Administrative issues have made this difficult to implement. For example, an adult ticket is £23, minus the 2.5% equals £22.43 and an Under-22s ticket is £15, minus the 2.5% equals £14.63.

"Additionally, a lot of tickets have already been sold at the pre-VAT reduction rate and if I were a season-ticket holder then I would feel very hard done by, not to be receiving some benefit.

"However, we feel that it would be wrong to be profiteering from this reduction so we have therefore made the decision to donate the difference to several chosen charities at the end of the season."

As yet no announcement has been made by Hereford United as to what they will be doing about the drop in the rate of VAT.

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