- The Finance Bill 2025 introduces a 9% VAT rate for the supply of apartments and food hospitality, effective from 8 October 2025 to 31 December 2030.
- The Bill ends the VAT waiver of exemption regime for property lettings, automatically cancelling all remaining waivers upon the passing of the Finance Act, with no cancellation payment required.
- Following a High Court judgment, Revenue will no longer collect cancellation payments for waivers cancelled after 20 December 2024.
- Lettings previously subject to VAT due to a waiver will become VAT exempt unless the landlord has opted to tax under post-1 July 2008 rules.
- The changes may affect landlords’ VAT recovery positions, especially for residential lettings and connected tenants with low VAT recovery entitlement.
Source: kpmg.com
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