Would Labour voters be upset if joining the EU meant they could no longer tax children’s education?

[Blarneyspoco]

Taxing children’s education is banned as part of EU membership. If the U.K. rejoined the EU, would Labour supporters be upset that they can no longer levy the tax or would it be seen as a necessary compromise.

If that.

I figured it's Sunday, so unfair to expect too much effort.

i am actually laughing at this one. Yes, yes, that would be the main concern about rejoining the EU 😂

Usual response to a difficult question. If it's true why not just answer?

There will be quite a few things we will have to accept that won't be popular if we ever get a chance to rejoin. That is why it will be very unlikely in my view.

Hmm.

Not allowed to levy VAT on a luxury item?

Seems unlikely

The whole thing is a non issue to me, personally. If joining a club means following the rules, then joining that club means following those rules.

The OP rather forgets that were we to rejoin the EU, we could potentially table a motion to remove the prohibition on VAT on private education.

They also rather forget the UK had a myriad of special cases in it's EU membership. So it's entirely possible we could rejoin and keep the current arrangements. Which rather spikes the OPs guns.

Oh dear she's back again 🤣

I dont understand the 1/10, what does that mean??

It is the case for the EU. Op either way the 20% looks likely to be dropped as the other parties will too if they get in.

No. Not a concern of mine 🤣

There will be quite a few things we will have to accept that won't be popular if we ever get a chance to rejoin. That is why it will be very unlikely in my view.

How? Most UK laws are still fully harmonised with the EU. The only other realised Brexit Benefit I can think of besides VAT on private education is the ability to close airspace up to 24 hours earlier. They haven't even managed to enable the variance of VAT across the constituent countries of the UK yet.

The only problem I can see about having to reverse VAT on education is the red tape and finding another source for the resultant monies that are supposed to be committed to hiring teachers for state primaries and secondary schools, but that's a drop in the ocean compared to the massive amounts of administrative fallout we're still buried under from "leaving".

We had a thread about this yesterday.

Couldn't care tuppence. Or 20%.

Oh my days - same poster as yesterday I presume.

How do you have a job that pays over £100k plus children and still have so much time to waste on the internet pedalling this nonsense.

Disappointing.

Oh well.

I don't think private schools are charities so it was right to remove charitable status.

Presumably EU law doesn't make them charities again, just businesses which are not subject to VAT. Like books and children's clothes?

I want to be back in the EU so I guess I have to suck up the rules I don't like.

This

I really couldn’t give a shit

Oh, you’re back. If you don’t want to pay VAT on school fees, don’t send your children to a private school.

They are still charities, that hasn’t changed.

It's the trolling effort scale.

Accepting the Euro for one.

Speaking as a Labour voter I'm too busy sharpening my horns and bulldozing privately-educated kittens into a pit of flames to give this much thought just now.

Oh god it’s you again

Doesn't Vat keep the riffraff out

Private schools haven’t had their charitable status removed?