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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 for most work on houses and flats by builders and similar trades like…
You may not have to charge VAT on labour or building materials for work…
You may not have to charge VAT on alterations you make to a disabled…
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What structural alterations are, when and how to apply for permission, how they may affect your home's value and what you owe on your equity loan.
Report you’ve changed a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer chassis, weight, tyres or brakes (a ‘notifiable alteration’) or change the weight you can carry.
Find a customs agent or express operator to help you with import and export declarations.
You can only alter your Help to Buy home for medical reasons after a change in circumstances.
How to apply for a full or partial completion certificate after building work on a higher-risk building has been completed.
Guidance about alterations to the register under Schedule 4 to the Land Registration Act 2002 (practice guide 83).
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