Government Tax Plan Could Spoil Local School Solar Projects

Plans by the government to charge schools a business rate tax for income from solar panel have put a dampener on recent school solar installation in Derbyshire. Last October New Mills School in High Peak, Derbyshire installed a 21kW array following a fundraising campaigning involving the local community, with the expectation of receiving a decent income from the panels for 20 years. Now the school, along with others nationwide, may receive much diminished financial savings from the project due to the new tax. Not only that, but private schools will be exempt from the tax due to their charitable status, whilst state schools will have to pay it.

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