Vat & solar

[Steve and Denise]

If our government are really committed to Net Zero why is there 20% vat on solar products helping people to reduce carbon footprint !
Or is it all just Bullshit? Asking for a friend

 

[Carpmart]

As you say, it’s all just bullshit!

 

[Podney]

The test may come in the autumn budget…….they may reduce it.

 

[Bessy765]

We didn’t pay ant vat when we had our house system installed, if you have the whole kit at once. But if I wanted extra batteries etc now then I would have to pay vat. Last thirty days Lucy cost, even got paid 24 p on Friday to use the power. We used 8.5 kw and got paid for using it.

 

[Spriddler]

It seems to me that most of these environmental taxes are just money-making schemes, except at the moment the road tax exemption for EV's which lost the Gov't £7.3 billion in the year 2022/23.

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[Wh05apk]

I thought currently there was no vat on domestic solar and batteries? We recently had a battery and didn't pay vat?

 

[DerryW]

If our government are really committed to Net Zero why is there 20% vat on solar products helping people to reduce carbon footprint !
Or is it all just Bullshit? Asking for a friend

Simples all bullshit. Look at the recent announcement by that dickhead AKA the mayor of London. 2025 slap a £15 congestion charge on EV’s. I have always said all the congestion and low emissions zones have absolutely nothing to do with improving the environment, they’re simply revenue streams for the local authority. Still someone’s got to pay their golden handshake pensions. Might as well be us plebs as to anyone else.

 

[Steve and Denise]

I thought currently there was no vat on domestic solar and batteries? We recently had a battery and didn't pay vat?

Well I have only fitted solar to vans so far

 

[DerryW]

The test may come in the autumn budget…….they may reduce it.

 

[Steve and Denise]

Well the last lot reduced CGT ………Allowances

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[dunnah01]

If our government are really committed to Net Zero why is there 20% vat on solar products helping people to reduce carbon footprint !
Or is it all just Bullshit? Asking for a friend

There is a whopping 0% VAT on solar installations

 

[Howard B]

I thought currently there was no vat on domestic solar and batteries? We recently had a battery and didn't pay vat?

I think it is zero VAT if it is supplied & fitted by a contractor.

 

[Steve and Denise]

There is a whopping 0% VAT on solar installations

Not on vans !

 

[Derbyshire wanderer]

It seems to me that most of these environmental taxes are just money-making schemes, except at the moment the road tax exemption for EV's which lost the Gov't £7.3 billion in the year 2022/23.

That’s the sprat to catch the mackerel.
There is going to be some sort of tax on them once they have convinced forced enough people to buy one

 

[dunnah01]

Not on vans !

You could try to lobby your MP to have it removed - good luck

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[Steve and Denise]

You could try to lobby your MP to have it removed - good luck

What dopy John Hayes you should be on stage

 

[jongood]

It seems to me that most of these environmental taxes are just money-making schemes, except at the moment the road tax exemption for EV's which lost the Gov't £7.3 billion in the year 2022/23.

Quite! Mostly smoke and mirrors and ironically EV owners enjoy free road fund licence, when actually the heavier cars with greater torque are more likely to damage the roads, its not really surprising that we have so many potholes.

 

[jongood]

What dopy John Hayes you should be on stage

Is he any less confidence inspiring than our new chancellor? She looks and sounds like she's picking the answers off the ceiling.

 

[dunnah01]

What dopy John Hayes you should be on stage

I've seen him once in 4 years. In the commons lobbying to stop - yup you guessed it solar farms ,

 

[Steve and Denise]

I've seen him once in 4 years. In the commons lobbying to stop - yup you guessed it solar farms ,

You see him around Holbeach if something is going on where he has his photograph in the paper.

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[Dave and Jen]

I think I will apply for a refund- I put a solar panel on my shed, with an inverter to power a cd player in the summer-house.
Do you think it will qualify?
Cheers, Dave

 

[Spriddler]

You see him around Holbeach if something is going on where he has his photograph in the paper.

If it meant getting in the News most of them would attend the opening of a fridge door.

 

[dunnah01]

If it meant getting in the News most of them would attend the opening of a fridge door.

He's got so many seconds jobs he doesn't need the extra air time.

 

[Spriddler]

EV owners enjoy free road fund licence, when actually the heavier cars with greater torque are more likely to damage the roads,

At least we can console ourselves with the irony that our RFL money isn't being spent on the roads.

 

[Bolti]

And why is there vat on insulation products, when we are supposed to be stuffing our houses to the gunnels.

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[Spriddler]

I think I will apply for a refund- I put a solar panel on my shed, with an inverter to power a cd player in the summer-house.
Do you think it will qualify?
Cheers, Dave

It might, but be careful what you wish for as the mealy-mouthed bureaucrats would probably stipulate that you only play Des O'Connor CDs.

 

[Gromett]

We didn’t pay ant vat when we had our house system installed, if you have the whole kit at once. But if I wanted extra batteries etc now then I would have to pay vat.

Tories changed that earlier this year (January) before we kicked them out.

UK Government Scraps VAT on Battery Storage - Contact Solar

Retrofitted and standalone battery energy storage systems will be exempt from 20% VAT from February 2024. Learn more with Contact Solar.

contact-solar.co.uk

 

[jongood]

Tories changed that earlier this year (January) before we kicked them out.

UK Government Scraps VAT on Battery Storage - Contact Solar

Retrofitted and standalone battery energy storage systems will be exempt from 20% VAT from February 2024. Learn more with Contact Solar.

contact-solar.co.uk

Sounds like you think the current lot will be any better

 

[Barriesimpson]

If our government are really committed to Net Zero why is there 20% vat on solar products helping people to reduce carbon footprint !
Or is it all just Bullshit? Asking for a friend

Yes, of course it's all just bullshit. It's yet another scam to take all your money in taxes. If everything 'green' was the panacea and no taxation, how would the government pay for their luxurious mansions? Oh, and in the case of Spain (probably UK too, but I cannot confirm that), pay for their whores, drugs and shellfish meals?

 

[Spriddler]

The U.K. emits less than 1.1% of global emissions (China 28%) so it's unlikely that even if we all drove EV's, stuffed our houses with Celotex, became vegetarian and fitted all the remaining cows with windbags we'd ever get much lower. Admittedly much of 'our' pollution is and will continue to be surrogated to foreign manufacturers distributing in the U.K. via Amazon, eBay and the like.

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