How much VAT is being passed on?

[VATponderer]

I’m interested to hear how much of the VAT is being passed to parents to pay. At our school (in Scotland) they’ve confirmed the fees will rise 20% in January to cover both VAT and increase in National Insurance.

If your school has confirmed they are passing on less than 20%, what % are they going with and how are they making up the shortfall?

I need to understand more about what our school has investigated in terms of cost savings. There’s no big cash reserves to subsidise it so it would need to come significant spending cuts. And of course that then would impact the education our kids would receive (eg less specialist teachers).

Interested to hear how other schools are managing it.

12% for us. In the circumstances quite grateful how the school has absorbed some of the increase.

What really makes me angry is the VAT on my son’s additional learning support.

That’s a tax on disability. Shame on Labour for that.

Many schools are passing the full 20% VAT increase to parents, while others are offsetting part of it through budget cuts. If you're unsure how your school's increase compares, a VAT Calculator can help estimate the actual cost impact on fees, especially useful if you're budgeting for the year ahead.

17% for us currently but no fee increases this year.

17% for us :-/ It's a killer!

SHAME on Labour full stop!!