4. Ineligible Costs
Ineligible expenditure includes:
- General revenue expenditure such as, staff costs or any other taxes, hire purchase/lease purchases, solicitor fees
- Planning application fees
- Payment for items or expenditure made by cash
- Projects for residential properties will not be eligible
- Structural works, roofing and internal works are not eligible
- VAT is not eligible for VAT registered businesses. VAT will be payable in cases of non-VAT registered companies where VAT is not recoverable
- Cash purchases
- Items purchased through lease purchase, hire purchase, extended credit agreements/finance leases will not be considered for grant funding
No expenditure should be incurred before grant approval, as the grants cannot be awarded retrospectively. This includes work for which contracts have already been signed or orders placed, before funding approval.
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