Getting a builder to 5% their invoice

[towat]

The customer has to produce a certifcate to give to the builder, there is an example at section 17 of notice 708.

[section 44]

The customer has to produce a certifcate to give to the builder

No. The OP refers to "residential" but doesn't say what this means. What if, for example, the property is a dwelling?

[pawncob]

Certificate available here at 17.1 )(and as aPDF somewhere, but I can't remember where!)

[pawncob]

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageLibrary_PublicNoticesAndInfoSheets&propertyType=document&columns=1&id=HMCE_CL_000513#P1708_170273

[Kitty Kat]

The customer has to produce a certifcate to give to the builder

No. The OP refers to "residential" but doesn't say what this means. What if, for example, the property is a dwelling?

Beg pardon, I, as always, have been loose in my terms. The property is non-residential and will be converted into a dwelling.

[Kitty Kat]

Just reading section 16 of that notice, does that mean we (the client) can make our own certificate to give to the contractors? HMRC aren't involved in the process?

[section 44]

There is no certification requirement in respect of dwellings.

[pawncob]

That's what I did, to convince a plumber that the client was entitled to lower rate VAT. Conversions to residential always cause problems.