VAT and Churches
Construction work to repair buildings, including historic churches, is charged VAT at the 20% standard rate. The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme provides grants to mitigate the VAT costs for these repairs.

Lone parents, and married parents whose partner was incapacitated, were once entitled to claim the additional personal allowance, while they cared for at least one child. This note gives a short description of this tax allowance and the Government's reasons for its being withdrawn from April 2000.
Additional personal allowance (74 KB , PDF)
Lone parents, and married parents whose partner was incapacitated, were once entitled to claim the additional personal allowance, while they cared for at least one child. This note gives a short description of this tax allowance and the Government’s reasons for its being withdrawn from April 2000.
Additional personal allowance (74 KB , PDF)
Construction work to repair buildings, including historic churches, is charged VAT at the 20% standard rate. The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme provides grants to mitigate the VAT costs for these repairs.
This briefing provides an overview of tax statistics, including recent trends, forecasts, and distribution of taxpayers.
In the 2016 Budget the Government announced the introduction of the Loan Charge to tackle the mass marketing of tax avoidance ‘loan schemes’.