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.

This briefing lists a series of key documents on taxation.
Key documents: taxation (527 KB , PDF)
This briefing lists some of the most useful sources on tax law, tax policy and tax statistics, as well as guidance for taxpayers. It also provides a checklist of official documents and briefing material on Budgets since 2010, and gives a short selection of other reading on the Parliamentary scrutiny of government taxation and spending.
Key documents: taxation (527 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’.