vat on fitted blinds

[DH202020]

Hi, just wondering about VAT on window blinds?

 

They will be supplied and fitted by a company to my new build, am I VAT exempt?

Thanks David.

[Bitpipe]

Internal or external? We have external blinds fitted to our windows and they were VAT exempt (supply and fit).

 

It's worth asking your vendor to zero rate them and then you don't have worry. If you buy them then you'd have to take your chances in the VAT refund.

[DH202020]

Internal...

 

I will call the company tomorrow and see what happens.

 

Thanks Bitpipe

[Frogeye]

Have you any pictures of your external blinds Bitpipe?

[Bitpipe]

I'll take some tomorrow and post them

[Bitpipe]

[gravelld]

Why are external blinds VAT exempt???

[Bitpipe]

2 minutes ago, gravelld said:

Why are external blinds VAT exempt???

 

They're part of the fabric of the house, can't be removed easily. 

 

This is the one of the basic principals as I understand it, which is why carpets are not exempt but wooden floors are, built in kitchen appliances are not exempt but built in extractors are etc... It's not always logical but there's a fairly comprehensive list in the self build VAT notes.

 

In my case, the blinds were part of the window package (they were fixed to the windows in the factory) so were zero rated at source.

 

 

 

[Temp]

Just for info, the notes on the reclaim form lists blinds under "Goods that you cannot claim for" .... "unless they are integral, that is, blinds inside sealed double glazed window units". However the list of what you can and cannot reclaim for is not intended to be definitive.