Private school VAT furore shows just how much help our state schools need simon neville 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 Education 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."