Rulings give VAT hope to charities

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector Online, 27 May 2008

More charities could be eligible for a zero VAT rating on building work, after two rulings from VAT tribunals.

Scottish charity Quarriers had been told by HM Revenue & Customs that it had to pay VAT on a new epileptic-assessment centre and on a school for children with severe emotional difficulties because most of its funding came via local and central government contracts, and it was therefore operating as...

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