{"id":1967,"date":"2022-11-23T15:59:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T15:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/finance-minister-should-remove-vat-from-solar-panels\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T15:59:05","slug":"finance-minister-should-remove-vat-from-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/finance-minister-should-remove-vat-from-solar-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance Minister Should Remove VAT From Solar Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>VAT could be removed in an amendment to the Finance Bill, which is currently before the D\u00e1il<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The government should \u2018green\u2019 our VAT rates and remove VAT from solar panels and their installation, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier this year, the EU clarified that a zero VAT rating can apply to solar panels and their installation. Energy efficient goods and services can also be given preferential treatment under the VAT system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it stands, the government provides a grant of \u20ac2,400 to households for solar panels. However, a large portion of this is consumed with the cost of VAT \u2013 so the government is giving households money with one hand and taking it away with the other. If VAT were removed, costs would decrease significantly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe D\u00e1il is currently debating the Finance Bill, which will give effect to an array of budgetary measures when it is enacted. I was unable to propose an amendment to remove VAT for solar panels, given tax is a government prerogative, but the Minister for Finance could easily could so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VAT could be removed in an amendment to the Finance Bill, which is currently before the D\u00e1il The government should \u2018green\u2019 our VAT rates and remove VAT from solar panels and their installation, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore. \u201cEarlier this year, the EU clarified that a zero VAT rating can apply to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[405,268,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate","category-jennifer-whitmore","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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