16th August 2010 - In his first Budget Report to the House on 22nd June 2010 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that the standard VAT rate would increase to 20% on 4th January 2011.
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25th March 2010 - There was little, if anything, on VAT which will have a direct impact on local authorities.
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25th February 2010 - New residential course dates announced - please see our TRAINING  page for further details.
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9th December 2009 - In his Pre-Budget Report to the House on 9th December 2009 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, confirmed that the standard VAT rate would revert to 17½% on 1st January 2010 “as planned”.
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3rd November 2009 - 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%.
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