National land management charity, the Land Trust is leading a coalition of organisations calling on Government to add non-public bodies who manage public parks and green spaces for public benefit, to the list of exemptions under Section 33 of the VAT Act 1994, and thereby support those delivering significant benefits to communities.
In a joint letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Chief Executive of the Land Trust, Euan Hall, and the Chief Executives of Groundwork UK, Fields in Trust, Landscape Institute and The Conservation Volunteers, outlined the incredibly vital part that green spaces played during the Covid-19 lockdown, why charities such as the Land Trust should be allowed under Section 33 to recover VAT, and how doing so would enhance their work, enabling them to deliver significant further benefit to communities.
Section 33 currently prevents the organisation from recovering VAT incurred undertaking the management of parks and green spaces, despite them being managed for public benefit.
This recommended change would bring far reaching and life changing consequences to the health and wellbeing of much of the UK community.
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Posted On: 24/08/2020