You could also actually try and tackle the cost of living crisis. In the EU or not. Maybe you should do that as well?
So given that the EU collectively changed its stance on solar panel VAT, the claim by Brexiters that EU rules could never change turned out to be a load of bollocks. Fancy that.
Headline is wrong:
>WHAT WAS CLAIMED
Thanks to Brexit, the UK is no longer constrained by EU law, so homeowners having equipment such as solar panels, heat pumps and insulation installed will no longer pay 5% VAT; they will pay zero
OUR VERDICT
It is correct to say that within the EU, the UK would not have been able to cut VAT on heat pumps and insulation to zero, though it would now be able to on solar panels, following new EU legislation due to be introduced next month. When it was an EU member, the UK was prevented from reducing VAT on solar panels by the European Court of Justice.
So previously, EU law *did* prevent abolishing VAT on heat pumps (and solar panels, and insulation). And it would still prevent doing so for heat pumps (and insulation). It’s just solar panels that we could now cut VAT on while still being in the EU.
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You could also actually try and tackle the cost of living crisis. In the EU or not. Maybe you should do that as well?
So given that the EU collectively changed its stance on solar panel VAT, the claim by Brexiters that EU rules could never change turned out to be a load of bollocks. Fancy that.
Headline is wrong:
>WHAT WAS CLAIMED
Thanks to Brexit, the UK is no longer constrained by EU law, so homeowners having equipment such as solar panels, heat pumps and insulation installed will no longer pay 5% VAT; they will pay zero
OUR VERDICT
It is correct to say that within the EU, the UK would not have been able to cut VAT on heat pumps and insulation to zero, though it would now be able to on solar panels, following new EU legislation due to be introduced next month. When it was an EU member, the UK was prevented from reducing VAT on solar panels by the European Court of Justice.
So previously, EU law *did* prevent abolishing VAT on heat pumps (and solar panels, and insulation). And it would still prevent doing so for heat pumps (and insulation). It’s just solar panels that we could now cut VAT on while still being in the EU.