VAT & Listed Buildings

Hi Jason,

Yes it can be quite complicated but we are able to help. It is important for owners to investigate and understand the VAT rules before they start the work.

There are also other savings which are for all buildings - not just listed, including:
Conversion of a non-residential building into a dwelling,
refurbishment of a property that has been empty for more than 2 or 10 years,
changing the number of self-contained residential units
and finally installing energy saving materials.

Obviously there are certain procedures and criteria that need to be met for these savings, but as a club we have a VAT advisor and also information sheets available for members to be able to understand and save the VAT wherever possible.

If you would like any other details, please feel free to contact me.

Kelly

Hi.

I'm the same Dave Brown who was MIS-QUOTED in the above mentioned Sunday Times article.

The lady who penned the article, whose name I refuse to credit, asked me specific questions about a particular scenario and I answered correctly. She took the answer to apply to repairs to ALL listed buildings, which is clearly incorrect. To say that I am incensed about it would be an understatement, and despite emailing the woman, I have had not had a reply, let alone anything resembling an apology.

So, to get back to the point, repairs to listed buildings are still at 17.5% VAT.

For completeness, the 5% VAT rate can apply to certain conversions, situations where a property has been empty for more than two years and a couple more besides. This is for listed and non-listed domestic properties.

Regards
Dave

Hi Malcolm

Thanks for taking the roulble to look again. You will have guessed I was not impressed by the author of the piece. If you have a few minutes to waste you could try googling the woman's name, and you might just find a bit of video of her on a TV programme - on which she demonstrates clearly how little concern she has for upsetting other people on this planet.

Me, bitter?