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Trust welcomes extension to VAT tax concession Norfolk Churches Trust has warmly welcomed an extension to a VAT tax concession until March 2022. There had been growing fears that the 20-year VAT relief under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme would end on March 31.
Peter Sheppard, chairman of the Norfolk Churches Trust, said that the one-year extension was welcome news. “This is great news for churches, and I know that those facing major repairs will be relieved,” he added. The Round Tower Churches Society had also voiced concern because it would have added to the cost of repairs and conservation. The chancellor,
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An extension to a VAT tax “concession” until March 2022 has been warmly welcomed by Norfolk Churches Trust.
There have been growing fears that the 20-year VAT relief under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme would end on March 31.
But on Wednesday, Nigel Huddleston MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the department of Culture, Media and Sport, revealed in Parliament that it would continue on the same terms.
Peter Sheppard, chairman of the Norfolk Churches Trust, said that the one-year extension was welcome news.
“This is great news for churches and I know that those facing major repairs will be relieved,” he said.
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A 20-year tax “concession” to help meet repair costs of places of worship could be lost from next April, a leading Norfolk church conservation charity has warned.
Norfolk Churches Trust is urging the Chancellor Rishi Sunak to continue the successful VAT relief scheme (the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme), which was introduced in 2001.
Scrapping the listed places of worship grant scheme could add at least £2.25m to the £11m cost of repairing 47 Norfolk churches identified as most at risk.
For many parishes across Norfolk, struggling to raise funds for essential repairs, a 20pc hike in costs could prove the final straw, according to the Norfolk Churches Trust (NCT).
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