Land and buildings ― building work ― self-supply

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Value Added Tax

Guidance

This guidance note provides information on self-supplies of building work and provides answers to the following questions:

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What is a self-supply of building work?
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When should the self-supply rules for building work be considered?
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Are there any exceptions to the self-supply rules for building work?
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What are the implications of the self-supply rules for building work?

For commentary on the statutory legislation please refer to De Voil Indirect Tax Service V3.244.

What is a self-supply of building work?

A self-supply of building work is a supply of building work a business makes either to:

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itself
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a member of the same VAT group

SI 1989/472; Notice 708 section 25

To put it another way, a self-supply of building work is a supply of building work that a business sources internally rather than from a third party. The internal source may be the business itself or a member of the same VAT group. The self-supply of building work rules apply to all entities, including sole traders,

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