- HMRC has published RCB 7 (2024) on the VAT treatment of voluntary carbon credits
- Currently, HMRC considers the supply of voluntary carbon credits to be outside the scope of VAT
- Changes in the market, including secondary market trading, have led HMRC to announce that from 1 September 2024, the sale of voluntary carbon credits will be subject to VAT at the standard rate in the UK
- Certain activities related to voluntary carbon credits remain outside the scope of VAT, such as the first issue by a public authority and donations to projects
- Voluntary carbon credits will be capable of zero rating under the Terminal Markets Order from the same date
Source: taxscape.deloitte.com
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