Carpets carpet tiles and underlay are not building materials for vat purposes.
Vat on carpets.
The vat meaning of building materials 13 1 the importance of building materials if youʼre a contractor supplying zero rated or reduced rated services described in this notice the building materials you supply with those services and incorporate in the building or its site will also be zero rated or reduced rated.
Carpets are standard rated for vat they are excluded from the cis scheme unless they form part of a mixed suppy spidersong registered posts.
All other fixed floor coverings such as vinyl.
Carriage with materials cattle grids only if it is a.
The supply and installation of such carpet is liable at the reduced rate subject to the 2 3rds rule.
Find out which items you can or cannot claim a vat refund for under the diy housebuilders scheme.
Other forms of flooring or floor covering such as linoleum ceramic tiles parquet and wooden floor systems are building materials.
1 november 2019 i d be worried if the owenrs of a carpet shop thought they were exempt from vat.
However it excludes stuck down carpet.