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Tax reduction to offset 50% of household service costs i.e. Builders, cleaners, gardeners

Submitted on Wednesday 18th June 2014

Published on Tuesday 24th June 2014

Current status: Closed

Closed: Monday 30th March 2015

Signatures: 3

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Economy ~ Tax

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Tax reduction to offset 50% of household service costs i.e. Builders, cleaners, gardeners

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Introduce a replica of the Swedish system. Which works like this: when you employ a builder, painter, gardener, electrician etc to work on your primary residence, you can claim a tax reduction of 50% of the labour costs, up to £5000 per year per homeowner. Introduced as a temporary measure to stimulate the economy, they soon realised it was self funding as it made cash-in-hand almost obsolete.
Everyone benefits. Cheaper services for homeowners, more jobs for tradesmen, and a huge reduction in undeclared transactions meaning more tax revenue for the government.


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