- UK Government to expand VAT relief for energy saving materials from February 1, 2024
- Relief aims to reduce costs of installing energy saving materials in residential accommodation
- Changes include extending relief to electricity battery storage, water-source heat pumps, and diverters retrofitted to ESMs
- Relief also extended to installation of qualifying ESMs in buildings used for charitable purposes
- Thermal storage not included in the expansion, but may be reviewed in the future
- Wood-fuelled boilers remain eligible for VAT relief, but their use will be reviewed due to health and air quality concerns
- Groundworks necessary for installation of ground-source and water-source heat pumps added to VAT relief
Source: answerconnect.cch.com
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