Electricity to common parts of block of flats - domestic or commercial vat rate?

sebtomato

Netexporter said:

The common supply is treated as commercial, even if the residents own the management company.

Very poor answer. Even if the communal electricity is paid by a company, what matters is the qualifying use to determine the VAT rate.

If the qualifying use is domestic (e.g. communal electricity in a block of flat), then applicable VAT rate will be 5% instead of 20%.

BarelySentientAI

sebtomato said:

Netexporter said:

The common supply is treated as commercial, even if the residents own the management company.

Very poor answer. Even if the communal electricity is paid by a company, what matters is the qualifying use to determine the VAT rate.

If the qualifying use is domestic (e.g. communal electricity in a block of flat), then applicable VAT rate will be 5% instead of 20%.

Any particular reason you chose to correct a post from seven months ago that had already been corrected in subsequent posts?