Labour to add VAT to private school fees within first year if elected

[papasmurf]

Whats that got to do with anything

How are people supposed to fund private education for their children out of that?

[Streetwalker]

Average UK Salary By Age In 2023 – Forbes Advisor UK

The latest government data, published in September 2023, reveals that the mean average UK weekly wage, excluding bonuses, is £617 gross (that's the equivalent to an annual pre-tax salary of around £32,000)

Whats that got to do with anything 

[papasmurf]

I dont send him there he works there

Average UK Salary By Age In 2023 – Forbes Advisor UK

The latest government data, published in September 2023, reveals that the mean average UK weekly wage, excluding bonuses, is £617 gross (that's the equivalent to an annual pre-tax salary of around £32,000) 

[Streetwalker]

You must have a high income to cover that, well above the average.

I dont send him there he works there 

[papasmurf]

My sons school is £7,700 a term which will rise to £9,200 with VAT or 23,100 rising to  £27,600 a year for Day school , they dont take borders . Thats without the extras like sports equipment , outings and weeks away . Say £30K as a ball park figure ,double what you assume the cost to be
2 kids thats £60K pa thank you very much . Im sure all the parents who have chosen to put their kids education as a priority will be well pleased that that they wont notice another £10k out of the family budjet .

You must have a high income to cover that, well above the average.

[Streetwalker]

Borchester stop the personal insults. It appears to be totally impossible for you to engage in serious debate. (You really do need counselling and/or a psychiatric assessment. I am being serious about that.)  I can think,some people on this forum have no idea what think means. 
Fees for private schooling are around £15000 a year for days, and a hell of a lot more for private boarding schools.  The number parents who can afford that is limited, but those who can would not notice 20% extra.

My sons school is £7,700 a term which will rise to £9,200 with VAT or 23,100 rising to  £27,600 a year for Day school , they dont take borders . Thats without the extras like sports equipment , outings and weeks away . Say £30K as a ball park figure ,double what you assume the cost to be
2 kids thats £60K pa thank you very much . Im sure all the parents who have chosen to put their kids education as a priority will be well pleased that that they wont notice another £10k out of the family budjet .

They must be earning a lot of money then. 

Is that now a crime ?  What people earn is irrelevant ,its the disposable income thats the issue 

[papasmurf]

Do keep up, it has been well publicised that some people are working their arse off to send their children to private school.

They must be earning a lot of money then.  

[Nick]

Given the cost of private education, (especially residential ones,) none of the pupils can be coming from poor or even relatively well off families, (unless they have some of the rare scholarships.)

Do keep up, it has been well publicised that some people are working their arse off to send their children to private school. 

[papasmurf]

True, but you will never be able to explain that to Pappy, because he would have to think and he has never been any good at that. The point that the Cornish Clown fails to grasp is that many of us could not afford the school fees, but did so anyway. It is called being a parent.

Borchester stop the personal insults. It appears to be totally impossible for you to engage in serious debate. (You really do need counselling and/or a psychiatric assessment. I am being serious about that.)   I can think,some people on this forum have no idea what think means.  
Fees for private schooling are around £15000 a year for days, and a hell of a lot more for private boarding schools.  The number parents who can afford that is limited, but those who can would not notice 20% extra.

[Borchester]

My son works in one of Londons better private schools and assures that a good number  of pupils come from families who have prioritised their kids education over other expenditure . They may well stretch the finances to paying the VAT but rich they are not and some will  go down the road of state school with private tuiton where they need it .

The illusion that all private school pupils come from rich families is a false one .

True, but you will never be able to explain that to Pappy, because he would have to think and he has never been any good at that. The point that the Cornish Clown fails to grasp is that many of us could not afford the school fees, but did so anyway. It is called being a parent.

[papasmurf]

My son works in one of Londons better private schools and assures that a good number  of pupils come from families who have prioritised their kids education over other expenditure . They may well stretch the finances to paying the VAT but rich they are not and some will  go down the road of state school with private tuiton where they need it .

The illusion that all private school pupils come from rich families is a false one .

Given the cost of private education, (especially residential ones,) none of the pupils can be coming from poor or even relatively well off families, (unless they have some of the rare scholarships.)

[Streetwalker]

Personally I doubt that, the people who are rich enough to pay for private education can pay the increase with ease.

My son works in one of Londons better private schools and assures that a good number  of pupils come from families who have prioritised their kids education over other expenditure . They may well stretch the finances to paying the VAT but rich they are not and some will  go down the road of state school with private tuiton where they need it .

The illusion that all private school pupils come from rich families is a false one . 

[papasmurf]

Making private schools more expensive will just mean more kids in state schools . 

Personally I doubt that, the people who are rich enough to pay for private education can pay the increase with ease.

[Streetwalker]

Making private schools more expensive will just mean more kids in state schools . That means the money spent on state schools will have to go further . The tax raised will make up for some of it but what labour are saying is that if you can afford to pay for your childs education you can afford to pay for everyone elses .

[papasmurf]

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