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Private school tax breaks a 'luxury', says Phillipson (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Do you think the government should tax private school fees?

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[–] nous@programming.dev 25 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Seems like a fair way to tax richer parent IMO. Given

Approximately 93% of children in the UK currently attend state schools, Phillipson said. Only the richest people are actually really attending private schools and most people are already priced out of them.

The money raised would go towards investing in state schools and teacher recruitment, Phillipson wrote in the Telegraph., external She added that £1.8bn would be raised a year by 2029-30.

That would be nice. But lets be real. Will the state schools see this money? Or will it be funneled to other things?

But the Independent Schools Council (ISC), which represents most of the UK's private schools, said the money the government claimed it would raise was an "estimate, not a fact".

Yeah, I can believe that as well.

"Labour's decision to tax education will mean thousands of hardworking parents will no longer be able to afford to send their children, including those with SEND [special educational needs and disabilities], to private school."

Oh no, a few thousand not quite rich enough kids will have to attend a state schools like 93% of other children. What ever will they do!?!?! Not sure about that call out for SEND specifically though... seems like fear mongering to me. Are there not already loads in state schools? Are state schools not equipped for this already? And will any of those extra funds be used to improve that situation at all?

[–] locahosr443@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They won't raise any money from this anyway, the new law will mean these schools will now be able to claim vat back on purchases which they couldn't before. So most of what is charged to the parents will be offset by the schools vat reclaim.

So this is just an excuse for the schools to bump the prices (old price plus vat) while reaping a little extra in vat reclaim and a totally insignificant extra tax goes to the gov.

I'm all for taxing the richest, but this shit is dumb mediabate

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

The new loopholes are indeed stupid, but the idea is sound.

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