http://www.lavat.co.uk/feeds/news Latest News en http://www.lavat.co.uk/vatchange2011 <p> In his first Budget Report to the House on 22^nd June 2010 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that the standard VAT rate would increase to 20% on 4^th January 2011. We have previously put together some notes addressing a range of issues which must be considered following a change of the VAT rate and, as requested by many local authorities, separately compiled a number of frequently asked questions which may be more widely circulated amongst colleagues. These papers have been updated to reflect the new <p><a href="http://www.lavat.co.uk/vatchange2011">read more</a></p> Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:12:33 +0100 1211 at http://www.lavat.co.uk http://www.lavat.co.uk/budgetnews2010 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document" /> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11" /> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11" /> <link href="file:///F:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CUser%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List" /> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--><style> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable <p><a href="http://www.lavat.co.uk/budgetnews2010">read more</a></p> Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:19:24 +0000 1208 at http://www.lavat.co.uk http://www.lavat.co.uk/trainingcourse New residential course dates announced - please see our <a href="/training/courses" title="Click for New Training dates">TRAINING</a>  page for further details.<br /> <br /> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:55:14 +0000 1207 at http://www.lavat.co.uk http://www.lavat.co.uk/vat+change <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt">In his Pre-Budget Report to the House on 9^th December 2009 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, confirmed that the standard VAT rate would revert to 17<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><span style="font-size: small">½<o:p></o:p></span></span>% on 1^st January 2010 “as planned”.<p><a href="http://www.lavat.co.uk/vat+change">read more</a></p> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:38:00 +0000 1201 at http://www.lavat.co.uk http://www.lavat.co.uk/news/Changes+to+Zero+Rating <p> HMRC are withdrawing their concession which allows a charitable body to use a building for business purposes as long as that business use does not exceed 10% and will, in future, require any business use not to exceed 5%. From 1 July 2010 a charity will need to show that it will use a building for at least 95% non-business use. </p><p><a href="http://www.lavat.co.uk/news/Changes+to+Zero+Rating">read more</a></p> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:42:24 +0000 1200 at http://www.lavat.co.uk