ASSOCIATION OF GOLF COURSE OWNERS MEETING

VENUE: Abbotsley Golf Hotel, Potton Road, St.Neots, PE19 6XN

MONDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2012, 11.30 a.m.

AGENDA

Welcome and Registration from 11 a.m.

Introduction

Update on the Chipping Sodbury Case, involvement, finance, parties involved

Bridport and West Dorset – what it means, the appeal

What if the cases succeed?

Unjust enrichment, partial exemption

VAT – short overview of past – pre-1990, 1993 and all that, 1998-1999 and all that

Abbotsley success case with VAT and others

Subject to commercial influence – the 1999 farce

Fiscal Neutrality – recent cases

Reduced rate VAT – progress on lobbying and negotiation

Our Lobbying work – how we can all work together

Corporation Tax – History, A century of tax evasion, the worst offenders

Producing a level playing field with corporation tax – our action in 2012

How you can help

CASC – the nail in the coffin and the abuse

Affiliation fees to national and county governing bodies.

AGCO’S 2011-2012 Research and Presentation of Report

Some of the above will be dealt with on hand-outs and possibly sent beforehand once major report is finalised.
Questions and comments throughout.
Joint working party approach.

If you haven’t yet booked your place and would like to attend please email us.

Please also ascertain who is your local MP and any additional ones for your members. It would be helpful if you could bring a couple of sheets of your headed notepaper with you to send out lobbying material and report direct from the meeting to your MP/MPs.

Vivien Saunders

Email: viv@abbotsley.com. 07956 628338

Abbotsley Golf Hotel, Potton Road, St Neots, PE19 6XN – 01480 211699