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AGCO ramps up its tax campaign

AGCO ramps up its tax campaign 14

🕔04:09, 19.Jul 2012

The Association of Golf Course Owners (AGCO) is dramatically stepping up its campaign to put pressure on politicians to reform tax legislation in golf.

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AGCO meets with top treasury official

AGCO meets with top treasury official 8

🕔10:09, 12.Jul 2012

Three campaigners for a reformed tax regime in British golf have met with a senior treasury official to discuss the way forward.

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Club’s anger at operator’s charity status

Club’s anger at operator’s charity status 11

🕔10:10, 7.Jun 2012

The management of a London golf club has launched a scathing attack on the charity status of Britain’s largest operator of pay-and-play golf courses, stating that this is bad for the taxpayer and for other golf clubs.

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‘Raise VAT’ call leads to angry backlash

‘Raise VAT’ call leads to angry backlash 34

🕔08:39, 25.May 2012

Proprietary golf clubs have been derided as ‘soulless’ in reaction to a call for VAT to be increased on membership subscriptions at private members’ clubs and reduced at profit-making ones.

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Tax barrister will represent golf clubs

Tax barrister will represent golf clubs 3

🕔10:55, 11.May 2012

One of the UK’s leading tax barristers has been employed to represent golf clubs in a tribunal hearing that could have major ramifications for golf in the UK.

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Clubs hope for six figure windfalls

Clubs hope for six figure windfalls 4

🕔11:39, 2.May 2012

If Chipping Sodbury wins then private members’ clubs could recover some of the VAT paid on membership subscriptions between 1973 and 1990.

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Cost of golf to be challenged in court

Cost of golf to be challenged in court 7

🕔12:52, 27.Apr 2012

A golf venue is taking the UK government to court over the definition of membership of a golf club.

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Landmark VAT green fee ruling for clubs

Landmark VAT green fee ruling for clubs 15

🕔03:46, 22.Mar 2012

A British private members’ golf club has been paid £5,000 after it won a landmark VAT ruling that could result in non-profit making clubs restructuring their membership offerings.

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Private golf clubs attacked over tax affairs

Private golf clubs attacked over tax affairs 7

🕔10:23, 1.Mar 2012

A proprietary golf club has joined forces with a former women’s Open champion and launched an attack on a number of UK private members’ golf clubs over their tax arrangements.

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Petition to cut VAT rate for playing golf

Petition to cut VAT rate for playing golf 2

🕔14:37, 12.Sep 2011

A former British Women’s Open champion has launched an e-petition to reduce the rate of VAT for playing and watching sport from 20 to five per cent.

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