Introduction to Tax for Housing Associations 2024

This comprehensive course has been expanded to meet your needs, whether you are starting out or looking to refresh existing knowledge. We cover not only how VAT affects the key activities of associations, but also an overview of corporation tax, Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) and employment taxes.

The course will run over four 90-minute Friday morning sessions in September and you can choose how many sessions to attend. We are also pleased to offer a discount for multiple staff bookings should this be of interest to your colleagues. 

What we will cover 

Session 1: Housing association activities

• How do the various taxes affect housing providers?
• What are the VAT treatments of various sorts of income and expenditure?
• Corporation tax treatment of trading and investment income.

Speakers: Olivia Larson and Alex Shear.

Session 2: VAT recovery

• When can VAT be recovered on costs?
• Partial exemption.
• Preparing VAT returns.

Speakers: Olivia Larson and Louis Finn.

Session 3: Buying land

• SDLT charges and reliefs on buying land.
• When will the vendor seek to charge VAT?
• Golden brick, disapplication and other strategies.

Speakers: Adam Cutler and Robert Sherwood.

Session 4: Developing land

• VAT on construction and conversion works.
• Design-and-build.
• Construction Industry Scheme. 
• VAT and Corporation Tax treatment of different uses.

Speakers: Adam Cutler and Olivia Larson.

Who should attend

• Finance staff taking on responsibility for tax for the first time.
• Finance staff who have experience of tax in other sectors but are new to housing.
• Experienced finance staff wanting a refresh on how tax affects their organisation.
• Development staff who want a better understanding of how tax impacts their projects.

Cost

£115 + VAT per session or £400 + VAT for all four sessions.

We offer a 20% reduction for each subsequent delegate from the same organisation.

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When

Each session will run from 09:30 to 11:30.

Session 1: Friday 6 September
Session 2: Friday 13 September
Session 3: Friday 20 September
Session 4: Friday 27 September

This is a virtual event. Log in details will be sent in advance of each session.

Location

This is a virtual event. You will receive log in details upon registration. 

Speakers

Adam Cutler Director, VAT [email protected] T: +44 (0)20 7842 7162		Alexander Shear Director, Tax [email protected] T: +44 (0)20 7842 7278		Robert Sherwood Senior Manager, Tax [email protected] T: +44 (0)1242 23 4421		Olivia Larson Manager, VAT [email protected] T: +44 (0)20 7842 7492		Louis Finn Assistant Manager, Tax [email protected] T: +44 (0)20 7842 7335