The government is to introduce VAT on the CON29 element of local authority searches during 2017. This will affect apply to all CON29R and CON29O questions. The LLC1 will remain exempt from VAT.
VAT has been applied from either 1st January, or by the beginning of April if councils are unable to meet the January deadline.
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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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