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How to reclaim VAT for conversion projects

One of the ways that the government is trying to encourage people to selfbuild is to allow them to reclaim the VAT paid on materials once the scheme is finished (and not pay it on labour in the first place).

But extensions and renovations to existing houses do not have the same incentives, meaning the VAT must be charged and paid by the homeowner to builders and merchants.

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