Built Environment Forum Scotland, the link body for built and historic environment interests in Scotland, of which the IHBC is a member, has successfully promoted in the Scottish Parliament a motion against the VAT raid by the HMRC on approved work to listed buildings, calling on ‘the UK Government to reverse the proposed measure’.
The motion is supported by Anne McTaggart, Drew Smith, Iain Gray, Jackie Baillie, Elaine Murray, Hanzala Malik, Lewis Macdonald & Mark Griffin.
The motion, entitled ‘VAT on Historic Buildings’, reads:
That the Parliament notes what it considers to have been the surprise proposal in the 2012 UK Budget to remove the zero rating on VAT for approved alterations to certain listed buildings; acknowledges the benefit it understands that the existing fiscal arrangement brings to individuals and small charities that deal with the most challenging and often complex conservation projects; believes that the sympathetic adaptation of Scotland’s cherished listed buildings to new uses is the best way to ensure their long-term sustainability, and, in order to help safeguard the nation’s heritage for future generations, calls on the UK Government to reverse the proposed measure.
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