VCONST20100 - Changing the use of certificated buildings - buildings completed before 1 March 2011: when may a charge arise?

Basic conditions

The charge may arise when:

there has been a ‘relevant zero-rated supply’ under the Value Added Tax Act 1994, Schedule 8, Group 5 (VCONST20200)

and

within 10 years of completion, the building is put to a non-qualifying use - that is, a use that isn’t solely for a relevant residential or relevant charitable purpose.

A building can be put to a non-qualifying use in one of two ways. The owner, who received the zero-rated supplies:

makes a grant (sale, lease, licence, and so on) in the whole or part of the building to a person who will use it for non-qualifying purposes (VCONST20500)

or