Cut the VAT!
We have joined forces with the Federation of Master Builders and other organisations to campaign for VAT on building repairs and renovation to be cut from 17.5% to 5%.
New build projects are exempt from VAT, whereas the repair and renovation of existing buildings is charged at 17.5%. The Civic Trust believes that this balance should be redressed to:
- Reduce the number of empty homes
- Reduce the number of those living in substandard housing
- Protect the countryside
- Stop the destruction of decent existing buildings
- Help preserve our national heritage
- Increase the number of zero carbon homes
- Help tackle fuel poverty
- Reduce the number of rogue builders
What can I do?
If you would like to support the campaign, sign the online petition at http://www.cutthevat.co.uk , or complete the postcard in the next issue of House Beautiful magazine.
Tell us how this issue has affected you or your Civic Society. Call us on 020 7539 7908 or contact us here. To complete a brief online survey, please click here.
