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Any other Heads publicly worrying about VAT?

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JustanotherBerkshiremum · 17/12/2022 08:48

DCs at an independent school. The Head is obsessed by the proposed VAT implementation. Since October he has raised this issue in all public correspondence, ie newsletters, the school magazine and the end of term letter.

Are any other Heads out there publicly worrying about the future to their parents or is it just ours? You don’t need to name the school.

I get that it’s an issue but the school can finally claim back VAT. And if they get decent tax advice then they can cushion it a bit more. And it will only happen after the next election if (because nothing set in stone) Labour get in which is two years away.

I’d rather the Head kept his thoughts to himself at the moment. Am I being too harsh?

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Spendonsend · 17/12/2022 08:58

I dont know about publicly which seems a bit risky, but the independent sector is worried about a combination of the economic downturn, falling birthrate, inflation, wage growth and the potential for VAT on fees.

I can only imagine your head is trying to encourage people to either plan ahead or make a noise politically.

WarningToTheCurious · 17/12/2022 08:54

But you as the fee payer will be paying 20% extra - which will be too much for some parents who will go to the state sector.

LittleBearPad · 17/12/2022 08:52

20% in fees is going to affect a lot of pupils in the school. I can see why he’d be worried.

Labour will really to mess up not to win. The Conservative Party are dead men walking