diff --git a/RIGS/rigboard.py b/RIGS/rigboard.py
index 050e0eda..cdbd2865 100644
--- a/RIGS/rigboard.py
+++ b/RIGS/rigboard.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class EventCreate(generic.CreateView):
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         context = super(EventCreate, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
         context['edit'] = True
+        context['currentVAT'] = models.VatRate.objects.current_rate()
 
         form = context['form']
         if re.search('"-\d+"', form['items_json'].value()):
diff --git a/RIGS/templates/RIGS/item_table.html b/RIGS/templates/RIGS/item_table.html
index 199f92c3..0c652daf 100644
--- a/RIGS/templates/RIGS/item_table.html
+++ b/RIGS/templates/RIGS/item_table.html
@@ -29,8 +29,13 @@
 				<td colspan="2">£ <span id="sumtotal">{{object.sum_total|default:0|floatformat:2}}</span></td>
 			</tr>
 			<tr>
-				<td id="vat-rate" data-rate="{{object.vat_rate.rate}}">VAT @
-					{{object.vat_rate.as_percent|floatformat|default:"TBD"}}%</td>
+				{% if not object.pk %}
+					<td id="vat-rate" data-rate="{{currentVAT.rate}}">VAT @
+						{{currentVAT.as_percent|floatformat}}% (TBC)</td>
+				{% else %}
+					<td id="vat-rate" data-rate="{{object.vat_rate.rate}}">VAT @
+						{{object.vat_rate.as_percent|floatformat|default:"TBD"}}%</td>
+				{% endif %}
 				<td colspan="2">£ <span id="vat">{{object.vat|default:0|floatformat:2}}</span></td>
 			</tr>
 			<tr>
diff --git a/RIGS/test_functional.py b/RIGS/test_functional.py
index c9b5c906..dfb5a5da 100644
--- a/RIGS/test_functional.py
+++ b/RIGS/test_functional.py
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ class EventTest(LiveServerTestCase):
         self.profile.set_password("EventTestPassword")
         self.profile.save()
 
+        self.vatrate = models.VatRate.objects.create(start_at='2014-03-05',rate=0.20,comment='test1')
+        
         self.browser = webdriver.Firefox()
         os.environ['RECAPTCHA_TESTING'] = 'True'
 
@@ -375,9 +377,9 @@ class EventTest(LiveServerTestCase):
 
         # Check totals
         self.assertEqual("47.90", self.browser.find_element_by_id('sumtotal').text)
-        self.assertIn("TBD%", self.browser.find_element_by_id('vat-rate').text)
-        self.assertEqual("0.00", self.browser.find_element_by_id('vat').text)
-        self.assertEqual("47.90", self.browser.find_element_by_id('total').text)
+        self.assertIn("(TBC)", self.browser.find_element_by_id('vat-rate').text)
+        self.assertEqual("9.58", self.browser.find_element_by_id('vat').text)
+        self.assertEqual("57.48", self.browser.find_element_by_id('total').text)
 
         # Attempt to save - missing title
         save.click()