{"id":4149,"date":"2012-05-04T17:22:51","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T17:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2012-05-04T17:22:51","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T17:22:51","slug":"civic-voice-call-to-arms-and-pens-on-vat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4149","title":{"rendered":"Civic Voice call to arms \u2013 and pens \u2013 on VAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Civic Voice is asking civic society members to join a sector wide campaign to ask the Government to reverse its proposed decision to remove \u2018VAT relief on alterations to listed buildings\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Civic Voice states:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can support this campaign by writing to your MP.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2012 budget, the Chancellor proposed removing the zero rating of VAT on alterations to listed buildings and this decision has prompted huge interest from civic groups including Guildford, Hexham, Northenden and Newbury (to name a few).<\/p>\n<p>Up to now approved alterations to listed buildings have been exempt from VAT. This means that\u00a0projects that have \u2018altered listed buildings\u2019 have not had to pay VAT on their work at 20%.\u00a0A building is altered when its fabric, such as its walls, roof, internal surfaces, floors, stairs, windows,\u00a0doors, plumbing and wiring is changed in a meaningful way.<\/p>\n<p>Civic Voice said \u2018Sensitive alteration is often needed to secure a viable long-term use for many Listed Buildings. We fear that withdrawing VAT relief to these types of projects will be off-putting and many projects may not go ahead. Listed buildings are important as they contribute to the architectural heritage of an area, providing interest and variety to the streetscene and giving an important &#8216;sense of place&#8217; to the locality. They play a very real role in promoting a sense of civic pride\u2019 .<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For background links see<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4123\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Civic Voice Campaign<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.civicvoice.org.uk\/campaigns\/reversal-of-listed-building-vat-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civic Voice is asking civic society members to join a sector wide campaign to ask the Government to reverse its proposed decision to remove \u2018VAT relief on alterations to listed buildings\u2019. Civic Voice states: You can support this campaign by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4149\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4150,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4149\/revisions\/4150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}