5th May 2012, 08:25 AM
looked at Unit's VAT thread, simple answer as a sole trader an archaeologist is unlikely to reach the turn over required for VAT registration. What charities and businesses do is complicated and off topic.
Back to topic BAJR has a point if commercial archaeologists are producing the content of the HER why should they pay to get back the information. However it is not the viewing of the content they are paying for but the time of the HER officer in setting up that viewing or printing off extracts from the HER.
Most HERs are part of the local planning system and probably the only part of the county archaeology service that brings in any revenue though some charge for producing briefs. Until local archaeology services are statutory I won't begrudge them the measly revenue the HER earns for them
Back to topic BAJR has a point if commercial archaeologists are producing the content of the HER why should they pay to get back the information. However it is not the viewing of the content they are paying for but the time of the HER officer in setting up that viewing or printing off extracts from the HER.
Most HERs are part of the local planning system and probably the only part of the county archaeology service that brings in any revenue though some charge for producing briefs. Until local archaeology services are statutory I won't begrudge them the measly revenue the HER earns for them