Hi, I have a firm doing the investigation that is convinced that they must charge VAT - they claim to have spoken to HMRC at length about it. It's a new build with planning permission and in the VAT doc it says something along the lines that ground investigations AREN'T zero rated if planning is not yet approved as not demonstrably in close connection to the new build - hence implication that post planning approval this service should be zero rated.    I'd like to talk direct to HMRC t