Allow a play date where mum unapologetically supports children’s education tax

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Just this really, our local independent prep school closed due to the education tax earlier this year and has caused absolute chaos for lots of families, including my own. My dd (6) has been invited for a play date with a girl she seems very friendly with and who seems very sweet, but I’ve since found out from another parent that the mum is an ‘unapologetic education taxer’. My instinct is to cancel the play date, AIBU?

🤣 you’ve jumped the shark now.

Poor OP is getting a rotten old time on this thread. I personally think we should be more benevolent to the nouveaux pauvres, it must be so hard having to live on government hand outs to access the same education as my children. But DH says it does them no good in the end, and that we shouldn't let our children associate with them at play dates.

Myself and my husband full support VAT on these fees, we are both high earners and my husband has an IQ of over 130 putting him in the top 2% of the population on intelligence.

I agree cancel the playdate, you’ll be doing the other mum a favour.

It most certainly is

Interesting, very rare. Why do you support it?

It is a service that is not a necessity as we have an education system people can access for free. It is therefore right that is has VAT attached to it.

Funny, I always thought private school was for those with low intelligence but a bit of money, as they need extra help to do well. Obviously intelligent children will thrive anywhere, private school is just for the dim.

Also if the private school folded because of a 17% tax being added it was clearly shit anyway

so where does your child go to school now ?

have you managed to find another ' local ' prep ?

Aye, it suggests they're a sensible person who clearly has their head screwed on right.

Unlike you OP.

This has to be a wind up. Just because they think VAT should be added to private school fees they must drink and smoke?

What numbers are you referring to specifically here? Plenty of well below average children in private schools incuding plenty with SEN. Private schools are certainly not the preserve of the super intelligent, as is fairly obviously from this thread....

I’m not disputing that.

You said it’s taxing companies. It’s not. Companies are not paying more tax. In fact, they are paying less as they are reclaiming their VAT.

It is taxing individuals.

It is also not raising any money and is therefore completely pointless.

Because it's a luxury not a necessity so should be subject to VAT, it's that's simple. If the school wants to pass that on to the parents then that's up to them. I know a few families with children in private education and they are happy to pay the VAT as they also agree. They realise they are fortunate enough to pay for the private education they want and it is their choice.

Grow up and don't foist political disagreements on your small child.

It's totally ridiculous. A quick Google tells me about 6.5% of school age children in the UK are in private education. So the rest of us who use the state system are clearly chavs who drink and smoke all the time and hate the OP's children - 93.5% of the population.

It's a luxury and should be taxed.

It's 20%

Bloody hell. Wait until you hear about the perfectly civilised European countries where it is illegal to charge for education. They have the best state education in the world because all the stuck up twats like you have to use it.

Your poor child.
Unable to choose her own friends unless the parents' views and outlook on life align with yours.

This is a very good example of what I’m taking about.

Showing my age there 😂

What exactly are you talking about?

This is a very good example of what I'm talking about.

Clever people don't need private school 😉

So why isn’t everyone kicking off at the schools for making even more profit from children’s education? They didn’t need to pass the VAT on.