United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 176029
Historic Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance
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25 March 2021
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13 April 2021 · Answer
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13 April 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming VAT on repair and maintenance of historic buildings.
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25 March 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming VAT on repair and maintenance of historic buildings.
Source: Commons
13 April 2021
Answer
The current VAT system could be regarded as an incentive to demolish existing buildings entirely and start again. As people take ownership of a property - new build or listed - a standard rate is applied to its maintenance and upkeep; in this respect, the...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-25/176029
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1306649
- uk · wq-1306649 · source updated 13 April 2021