Lord Pannick to take on government over VAT decision on private schools Legal The government is set to face Lord Pannick as legal action has commenced over its decision to charge private schools VAT on fees
‘Challenging policy’: What the pushback to private school VAT plans reveals Politics VAT… easy as ABC? It may not quite be Blair’s ‘education, education, education’ mantra, or Michael Gove’s multi-academy trusts. But for Sir Keir ‘my-father-was-a-toolmaker’ Starmer, there’s been one education policy that’s been front and centre of his manifesto and the first 100 days. This is, of course, the plan to impose VAT on private school [...]
‘VAT? What VAT?’: Private school boasting it will absorb Labour’s tax hike propped up by Chinese investors Education Adcote School, an indepedent school for girls, courted controversy in April for funding a motorway billboard saying "VAT? What VAT?"
Private school VAT furore shows just how much help our state schools need June 27, 2024 VAT on private schools has been slated as a "tax on aspiration" - but why don't we focus on making state education aspirational?
Imposing VAT on private schools could be a net cost for the Treasury, research suggests May 20, 2024 John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "VAT on private schools is a clear cut case of a policy gimmick that will do grievous harm to families with potentially pathetic results for revenues."