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How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Use this form to register as a contractor or subcontractor if you're based outside the UK and do work covered by the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS).
Find out what you need to do if you’re a contractor or subcontractor based outside the UK and do work covered by the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS).
Research to estimate the potential contribution that increasing uptake of modern methods of construction can make to reducing the workforce requirements for delivering new homes.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a proposed new building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)...
VAT rates for building work, including plumbers, plasterers and carpenters - new houses and flats, work for disabled people, energy saving, grant-funded heating, conversions and renovations, properties that are not homes
VAT refunds on building new homes and conversions - how to claim, application form and guidance notes
If you build, buy or lease a structure and all construction contracts were signed on or after 29 October 2018, you may be able to claim tax relief.
This note clarifies the references to ‘construction compounds’ in paragraph 3.3.3 of the Code of Construction Practice (CoCP).
Information on how statistics on housing finance and household expenditure are compiled.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
This article is a comparison of the recent trends within the housing sector using ONS construction output estimates. It looks at the differences in the public and private sector with a detailed breakdown at the sub-national level.
This information sheet explains when the construction of a building may be zero-rated and the evidence needed to confirm that it qualifies for zero-rated relief.
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