Zero rated? FTTH fibre broadband connection cost

[Dreadnaught]

Should the cost of installing a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) fibre-broadband connection to a new dwelling be zero-rated for VAT? I ask as I have just going into battle with Cambridge Fibre asking for it to be zero-rated. 

 

Reading VAT Notice 708, I think the answer is yes as it falls under "any other service closely connected to the construction of the building".

 

What does everyone think?

 

(The installation will be a 40m cable between three telegraph poles plus a small bit of excavation for a conduit.)

(Mine is a zero-rated eligible new build in Cambridge, England).

 

 

Edited February 28, 2020 by Dreadnaught

[PeterW]

Nope as it is not a service required to complete a building, unless the planning permission required the property to have fibre connectivity. 
 

 

[newhome]

 

17 minutes ago, PeterW said:

Nope as it is not a service required to complete a building, unless the planning permission required the property to have fibre connectivity. 
 

 

 

+1

 

 

[Dreadnaught]

Thanks! Appreciated. That does make sense even if it is not the answer I would have preferred.

[Temp]

Says you can reclaim VAT on telephone sockets and cables but not telephones here...

 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/goods-and-services-you-can-claim-for-under-the-vat-diy-scheme#T

 

Presumably talking about extensions.

Edited February 29, 2020 by Temp