The government is to introduce VAT on the CON29 element of local authority searches from 1st January 2017.
Originally scheduled for February this year, HMRC delayed implementation until July to allow local authorities more time to prepare for the change. The July implementation was then postponed, in part due to objections from both the Law Society and the CIPFA VAT committee.
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We’ve just added three Highways searches from PlanVal to our portfolio of searches. The three searches, Highways Lite, Highways Enquiry and Highways Standard with opinion reveal important information concerning property boundaries not shown in either local authority or Land Registry searches.
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The Law Society launched their revised CON29 form on 4th July. The new form contains the following information:
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