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Nigel Wearne
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Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 4:31 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
At the Financial Consultation yesterday a treasurer spoke of difficulty convincing an electricity supplier that the PCC was a charity to obtain the 5% VAT charge rather than 17.5%. This topic should perhaps get wider publicity in case there are others failing to obtain such relief who who do not know it is available. Please pass on your experience - perhaps with specific suppliers.
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Anthony del Tufo
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Posted on Friday, October 27, 2006 - 11:44 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
Powergen have been OK with charging 5% for gas & electricity. Their electricity tariff with much lower weekend charges is useful.
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Hugh Fisher
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Posted on Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 6:52 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
I had no difficulty recovering overpaid VAT & CCL from Southern Electricity a few years ago. Since then we have changed to Scottish Power (for electricity) and they have charged the correct rates from the start. Likewise nPower for gas.
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Norman W. Briggs
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Posted on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 - 9:01 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
Is the 5% VAT rate specifically because we are a charity? I have received bills from British Gas some of which are at 5% and some at 17.5% with Climate Change Levy added. When I queried this I was told that it was related to our consumption rate - in excess of the equivalent of 33 kwH per day for that particular quarter.
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Nigel Wearne
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Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 10:17 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
Can anyone help Norman out on this one?

And have any of you made savings by changing suppliers recently - see my new thread, Power Costs.
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Rachel Harris
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Posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 - 10:21 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
We were billed by Powergen in exactly the way you describe your experiences with British Gas. There is a 5% VAT charge if your consumption is at a lower kwH rate (which we experienced over the summer months). However when I explained to Powergen that we were a charity they recalculated our bills back over 3 years using 5% VAT rate throughout and removed the climate charge levy too. I suggest you go back to British Gas and explain you are a charity and start from there. Good luck!
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Dr W B Stewart
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Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 3:30 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
Encouraged by this thread I took on British Gas again; like N W Briggs I had been told wrongly that beyond a certain level we had to pay 17.5% plus the CCL. British Gas have now conceded, sent me the forms, and yesterday I was delighted to receive a wodge of revised bills (and credit notes) for the last three years.

B.
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Kevin Ryan
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