Page 18 | Ways to avoid private school fee VAT

tiantian1005 · 2024-05-28T13:07:36+00:00

Hi, not looking for a political debate but has this been discussed on how this can be avoided or recovered as in i am sure there is a workaround. Can we pay the school fee via a limited company then claim back VAT or at least claim as expense or can we do this via a trust fund/

ByQuaintAzureWasp · 21/09/2024 19:12

mitogoshi · 28/05/2024 14:22

Here's a crafty idea that saves you not only the cat but the entire fees ... send your child to a state school like 93% of the population. That sound of tiny violins is really annoying!

I, nor my child, or H have had private education. However, those that choose this for their child/children save the UK taxpayer around £8,000.00 per annum per child by doing so. Don't be an arse!

Araminta1003 · 21/09/2024 19:13

I doubt this policy has ever been about raising money and more about ideology. Labour love a bit of identity politics, it’s their raison d’etre.
So if anyone does not want to pay, out of principle, you have to go state and do home tutoring/support at home/do the clubs like the rest of us. Or you just pay up, smile and ignore the noise. Those are essentially the choices.
Fairness does not come into it. One would hope they get their arses sued and handed to them as even the military, foreign government etc are raising issues. But this is the country that gave us Brexit, against all rationality, so who actually knows! It is not like rationality prevails anymore.

Quodraceratops · 21/09/2024 20:57

What do people in England think will be the impact of VAT on private sixth form colleges? I'm in Scotland so have only a vague understanding of how provision is organised- will there be a possible shortage of state sixth form places given that about 20% of kids are in private provision at that age? Can LA say no to kids who want to do a certain subject at A level (for kids with the appropriate GCSE grades already that is)

ThursdayTomorrow · 21/09/2024 22:23

Quodraceratops · 21/09/2024 20:57

What do people in England think will be the impact of VAT on private sixth form colleges? I'm in Scotland so have only a vague understanding of how provision is organised- will there be a possible shortage of state sixth form places given that about 20% of kids are in private provision at that age? Can LA say no to kids who want to do a certain subject at A level (for kids with the appropriate GCSE grades already that is)

Should be fine - there are lots of spaces in the state system. Parents might not get the particular sixth form they want but they will get a space somewhere localish.

Pythag · 22/09/2024 09:14

EmpressoftheMundane · 10/09/2024 21:19

It’s certainly a policy that has raised class consciousness….in private school parents! They’ve gone from generally feeling blessed and a little embarrassed about their good fortune to feeling unfairly burdened and their children targeted.

Feeling your children have been targeted creates a visceral reaction. Forty years later Maggie is still the milk snatcher. I wonder if the paltry sum gained is eorth the animus that has been stirred.

Maggie was of course correct to stop providing milk in schools, and of course no government since has reversed her choice, because they all agree with her.

Maggie after snatching the milk won three general elections.

Withless · 22/09/2024 09:18

Screamingabdabz · 28/05/2024 14:36

So sure you can ‘avoid’ or ‘work around’ it… oh the desperation. How about you just pay it? Teach your children something they won’t learn at private school… how to be fully functioning citizen with integrity.

If you treat education like a business then don't be surprised that people treat it like one.

Withless · 22/09/2024 09:19

Araminta1003 · 21/09/2024 19:13

I doubt this policy has ever been about raising money and more about ideology. Labour love a bit of identity politics, it’s their raison d’etre.
So if anyone does not want to pay, out of principle, you have to go state and do home tutoring/support at home/do the clubs like the rest of us. Or you just pay up, smile and ignore the noise. Those are essentially the choices.
Fairness does not come into it. One would hope they get their arses sued and handed to them as even the military, foreign government etc are raising issues. But this is the country that gave us Brexit, against all rationality, so who actually knows! It is not like rationality prevails anymore.

This.

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