Yoga studios call for government to reduce VAT rate to save industry

Yoga studios say years of paying the higher VAT rate, coupled with the new two-metre social distancing rules, will seriously affect the industry. Pic: iStock

Yoga studio owners are calling for the government to re-categorise their VAT rate in a bid to save yoga from disappearing from Ireland forever. Such studios currently pay 13.5% in VAT. However, gyms have availed of the lower 9% VAT rate since 2011.