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Corbynspeak - paying twice for a child's education means the state is subsidising you
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This is not a defence of public schools, merely a dismissal of the lies and deception of Corbyn and his cronies.
According to these eejits, parents who pay for state schooling through general taxation (but receive no benefit for doing so), and who then sacrifice luxuries to pay a considerable amount for private education for their children......are being subsidised by the state!
Yes, because VAT is not levied on private education, they are receiving a subsidy! Bonkers Corbyn, just bonkers.
Point of principle for the morally confused Jeremy Corbyn - access to education is a fundamental human right, essential not only to our personal development but also to the success of our economy and society.
Nobody WANTS to spend such a large proportion of disposable income on education, but where an inadequate state system fails the child, such an option must be available. The answer is for the state system to achieve higher standards, so that there is no need for parents to look elsewhere.
Trying to justify the imposition of taxation on education by arguing that the money raised will fund free school meals for children in years 1 & 2 seems to me to be somewhat questionable. Penny for the class war, guv?
Labour's extremely unimpressive education spokesperson Angela Rayner yesterday tried to justify the free meals policy (universal - irrespective of how wealthy the parents) on the basis that there was clear evidence that this improves attainment.
Yet, when the interviewer pointed out that this was a study which was extremely limited and the report authors stated that no clear implications should therefore be drawn..... Angela Rayner repeated her assertions. Thick, or what?
The tories are a pretty incompetent bunch, but thank goodness Corbyn's mob will never get a sniff of power.
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
lovely diatribe..... some of it not quite true...
what private and independent schools were actually doing was registering themselves as "charitable causes" to get round paying certain taxes... like VAT....
so please... lets tell it like it actually is...
maybe the fact that NO political party has actually gone after this policy today even when invited to tells you it was being looked at anyway...
it was originally a lib dem proposal, which was actually taken on by the coalition... but ran out of parliamentry time
so now that labour has expanded on it a little (the original proposal fed all kids up to the age of 8 and 9) and how to pay for it should surprise no one |
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By *obka3Couple
over a year ago
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what he forgets is that while they wouldhave to charge VAT they wouldthen be ableto reclaim any vat they pay so the net benefit would be not as great as they claim and of course itmight push a good few out of the private sector to state schools. Dull thinking again from JC |
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"Why should a private company masquerade as a charity ?"
Why should parents be charged VAT for funded the education of their children twice
Corbyn loves the excessively high salary he receives for doing next to nowt
He benefitted from a grammar education, but wants to deny others the same benefit. I wonder how the ugly bitch named hackney Abbot would have liked paying VAT on the private education her kids had. But hey again she is another 2 faced liar, wants to deny others the very thing she uses herself
I must be honest Corbyn and his crowd have gift horned the Conservatives another 10 years in power, long may he survive as the labour leader.
All hail the mighty Corbyn |
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I want businesses to pay tax and if you pay for a service pay the tax. The choice of the service is optional to the customer. Seems when the upper classes get a sneaky perk exposing it causes outrage  |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"Why should a private company masquerade as a charity ?
Why should parents be charged VAT for funded the education of their children twice
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cut out the rest as again it is a useless diatribe...
okay... let me as you this.... should a private or independent school be allowed to register themselves as a "charity"
for example... can you really call for example "Eton" a charity? |
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"Why should a private company masquerade as a charity ?
Why should parents be charged VAT for funded the education of their children twice
Corbyn loves the excessively high salary he receives for doing next to nowt
He benefitted from a grammar education, but wants to deny others the same benefit. I wonder how the ugly bitch named hackney Abbot would have liked paying VAT on the private education her kids had. But hey again she is another 2 faced liar, wants to deny others the very thing she uses herself
I must be honest Corbyn and his crowd have gift horned the Conservatives another 10 years in power, long may he survive as the labour leader.
All hail the mighty Corbyn"
Corbyn's salary is low for London and for an MP. A leader for a party in fact. Was it Cameron and Osbourne had multiple incomes and earn 4 times more than him. Anyway, I would love free lunches back for children! Netherland companies used to give free lunch to their employees.
Bring back the milk!! |
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"Why should a private company masquerade as a charity ?
Why should parents be charged VAT for funded the education of their children twice
cut out the rest as again it is a useless diatribe...
okay... let me as you this.... should a private or independent school be allowed to register themselves as a "charity"
for example... can you really call for example "Eton" a charity?"
Lots of private schools support coach and mentor state schools which under perform. It seems the mighty Zorbyn despises any body who has worked hard to better themselves and wishes to provide the same for their kids. But he has no problem in nepotism when it's his own son who miraculous got a job in research for his side kick on the labour front bench |
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"Why should a private company masquerade as a charity ?
Why should parents be charged VAT for funded the education of their children twice
Corbyn loves the excessively high salary he receives for doing next to nowt
He benefitted from a grammar education, but wants to deny others the same benefit. I wonder how the ugly bitch named hackney Abbot would have liked paying VAT on the private education her kids had. But hey again she is another 2 faced liar, wants to deny others the very thing she uses herself
I must be honest Corbyn and his crowd have gift horned the Conservatives another 10 years in power, long may he survive as the labour leader.
All hail the mighty Corbyn
Corbyn's salary is low for London and for an MP. A leader for a party in fact. Was it Cameron and Osbourne had multiple incomes and earn 4 times more than him. Anyway, I would love free lunches back for children! Netherland companies used to give free lunch to their employees.
Bring back the milk!! "
Try telling the hotel workers from Spain Poland and Romania who provide the labour in nearly every premier inn that I stay in across London that Corbyn salary is low for London |
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"Why should a private company masquerade as a charity ?
Why should parents be charged VAT for funded the education of their children twice
Corbyn loves the excessively high salary he receives for doing next to nowt
He benefitted from a grammar education, but wants to deny others the same benefit. I wonder how the ugly bitch named hackney Abbot would have liked paying VAT on the private education her kids had. But hey again she is another 2 faced liar, wants to deny others the very thing she uses herself
I must be honest Corbyn and his crowd have gift horned the Conservatives another 10 years in power, long may he survive as the labour leader.
All hail the mighty Corbyn
Corbyn's salary is low for London and for an MP. A leader for a party in fact. Was it Cameron and Osbourne had multiple incomes and earn 4 times more than him. Anyway, I would love free lunches back for children! Netherland companies used to give free lunch to their employees.
Bring back the milk!! "
I hated the milk at school, and it serves no purpose what so ever |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"Why should a private company masquerade as a charity ?
Why should parents be charged VAT for funded the education of their children twice
cut out the rest as again it is a useless diatribe...
okay... let me as you this.... should a private or independent school be allowed to register themselves as a "charity"
for example... can you really call for example "Eton" a charity?
Lots of private schools support coach and mentor state schools which under perform. "
again cut out the diatribe because is was said this was originally a lib dem /coalition proposal that labour have adopted....
me... i would rather a business pay the VAT rather than the Parents.... if the business paid the tax they would in reality pass it onto the parents anyway....
so should we not be having a go at the business for taking advantage of a loophole that was not created for them..... |
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By *ercuryMan
over a year ago
Grantham |
"Why should a private company masquerade as a charity ?
Why should parents be charged VAT for funded the education of their children twice
Corbyn loves the excessively high salary he receives for doing next to nowt
He benefitted from a grammar education, but wants to deny others the same benefit. I wonder how the ugly bitch named hackney Abbot would have liked paying VAT on the private education her kids had. But hey again she is another 2 faced liar, wants to deny others the very thing she uses herself
I must be honest Corbyn and his crowd have gift horned the Conservatives another 10 years in power, long may he survive as the labour leader.
All hail the mighty Corbyn
Corbyn's salary is low for London and for an MP. A leader for a party in fact. Was it Cameron and Osbourne had multiple incomes and earn 4 times more than him. Anyway, I would love free lunches back for children! Netherland companies used to give free lunch to their employees.
Bring back the milk!!
Try telling the hotel workers from Spain Poland and Romania who provide the labour in nearly every premier inn that I stay in across London that Corbyn salary is low for London "
JC's salary estimated at £125K per year. He is stingy on the expenses as an MP but you never know what he is claiming from the Labour Party as expenses. |
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"Why should a private company masquerade as a charity ?
Why should parents be charged VAT for funded the education of their children twice
Corbyn loves the excessively high salary he receives for doing next to nowt
He benefitted from a grammar education, but wants to deny others the same benefit. I wonder how the ugly bitch named hackney Abbot would have liked paying VAT on the private education her kids had. But hey again she is another 2 faced liar, wants to deny others the very thing she uses herself
I must be honest Corbyn and his crowd have gift horned the Conservatives another 10 years in power, long may he survive as the labour leader.
All hail the mighty Corbyn
Corbyn's salary is low for London and for an MP. A leader for a party in fact. Was it Cameron and Osbourne had multiple incomes and earn 4 times more than him. Anyway, I would love free lunches back for children! Netherland companies used to give free lunch to their employees.
Bring back the milk!!
Try telling the hotel workers from Spain Poland and Romania who provide the labour in nearly every premier inn that I stay in across London that Corbyn salary is low for London
JC's salary estimated at £125K per year. He is stingy on the expenses as an MP but you never know what he is claiming from the Labour Party as expenses."
Jeremy the protestor, proof he can't lead never has never will
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"This is not a defence of public schools, merely a dismissal of the lies and deception of Corbyn and his cronies.
According to these eejits, parents who pay for state schooling through general taxation (but receive no benefit for doing so), and who then sacrifice luxuries to pay a considerable amount for private education for their children......are being subsidised by the state!
Yes, because VAT is not levied on private education, they are receiving a subsidy! Bonkers Corbyn, just bonkers.
Point of principle for the morally confused Jeremy Corbyn - access to education is a fundamental human right, essential not only to our personal development but also to the success of our economy and society.
Nobody WANTS to spend such a large proportion of disposable income on education, but where an inadequate state system fails the child, such an option must be available. The answer is for the state system to achieve higher standards, so that there is no need for parents to look elsewhere.
Trying to justify the imposition of taxation on education by arguing that the money raised will fund free school meals for children in years 1 & 2 seems to me to be somewhat questionable. Penny for the class war, guv?
Labour's extremely unimpressive education spokesperson Angela Rayner yesterday tried to justify the free meals policy (universal - irrespective of how wealthy the parents) on the basis that there was clear evidence that this improves attainment.
Yet, when the interviewer pointed out that this was a study which was extremely limited and the report authors stated that no clear implications should therefore be drawn..... Angela Rayner repeated her assertions. Thick, or what?
The tories are a pretty incompetent bunch, but thank goodness Corbyn's mob will never get a sniff of power.
Please, could we contract out our government to Germany."
so if education is a fundamental right thenow why don't the government provide it at university level (2) no one forces parents to sacrifice to send their kids to private school they choose to do that |
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"This is not a defence of public schools, merely a dismissal of the lies and deception of Corbyn and his cronies.
According to these eejits, parents who pay for state schooling through general taxation (but receive no benefit for doing so), and who then sacrifice luxuries to pay a considerable amount for private education for their children......are being subsidised by the state!
Yes, because VAT is not levied on private education, they are receiving a subsidy! Bonkers Corbyn, just bonkers.
Point of principle for the morally confused Jeremy Corbyn - access to education is a fundamental human right, essential not only to our personal development but also to the success of our economy and society.
Nobody WANTS to spend such a large proportion of disposable income on education, but where an inadequate state system fails the child, such an option must be available. The answer is for the state system to achieve higher standards, so that there is no need for parents to look elsewhere.
Trying to justify the imposition of taxation on education by arguing that the money raised will fund free school meals for children in years 1 & 2 seems to me to be somewhat questionable. Penny for the class war, guv?
Labour's extremely unimpressive education spokesperson Angela Rayner yesterday tried to justify the free meals policy (universal - irrespective of how wealthy the parents) on the basis that there was clear evidence that this improves attainment.
Yet, when the interviewer pointed out that this was a study which was extremely limited and the report authors stated that no clear implications should therefore be drawn..... Angela Rayner repeated her assertions. Thick, or what?
The tories are a pretty incompetent bunch, but thank goodness Corbyn's mob will never get a sniff of power.
Please, could we contract out our government to Germany. so if education is a fundamental right thenow why don't the government provide it at university level (2) no one forces parents to sacrifice to send their kids to private school they choose to do that "
Nobody forces you to Forces the scroats to breed kids that they can't afford, but the state over generously looks after them for breeding. I've often thought that benefits should be taxed in the same manner that other people who are taxed on the income that they receive. In reality benefits should actually be taxed in the same manner as any other unearned income is, like rental income from a property |
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"This is not a defence of public schools, merely a dismissal of the lies and deception of Corbyn and his cronies.
According to these eejits, parents who pay for state schooling through general taxation (but receive no benefit for doing so), and who then sacrifice luxuries to pay a considerable amount for private education for their children......are being subsidised by the state!
Yes, because VAT is not levied on private education, they are receiving a subsidy! Bonkers Corbyn, just bonkers.
Point of principle for the morally confused Jeremy Corbyn - access to education is a fundamental human right, essential not only to our personal development but also to the success of our economy and society.
Nobody WANTS to spend such a large proportion of disposable income on education, but where an inadequate state system fails the child, such an option must be available. The answer is for the state system to achieve higher standards, so that there is no need for parents to look elsewhere.
Trying to justify the imposition of taxation on education by arguing that the money raised will fund free school meals for children in years 1 & 2 seems to me to be somewhat questionable. Penny for the class war, guv?
Labour's extremely unimpressive education spokesperson Angela Rayner yesterday tried to justify the free meals policy (universal - irrespective of how wealthy the parents) on the basis that there was clear evidence that this improves attainment.
Yet, when the interviewer pointed out that this was a study which was extremely limited and the report authors stated that no clear implications should therefore be drawn..... Angela Rayner repeated her assertions. Thick, or what?
The tories are a pretty incompetent bunch, but thank goodness Corbyn's mob will never get a sniff of power.
Please, could we contract out our government to Germany."
I take it that you didnt read an article in The Times by Michael Gove in February of this year then. In it, he proposed that private school fees should have VAT on them.....so, you were saying???? |
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"Why should a private company masquerade as a charity ?
Why should parents be charged VAT for funded the education of their children twice
Corbyn loves the excessively high salary he receives for doing next to nowt
He benefitted from a grammar education, but wants to deny others the same benefit. I wonder how the ugly bitch named hackney Abbot would have liked paying VAT on the private education her kids had. But hey again she is another 2 faced liar, wants to deny others the very thing she uses herself
I must be honest Corbyn and his crowd have gift horned the Conservatives another 10 years in power, long may he survive as the labour leader.
All hail the mighty Corbyn
Corbyn's salary is low for London and for an MP. A leader for a party in fact. Was it Cameron and Osbourne had multiple incomes and earn 4 times more than him. Anyway, I would love free lunches back for children! Netherland companies used to give free lunch to their employees.
Bring back the milk!!
Try telling the hotel workers from Spain Poland and Romania who provide the labour in nearly every premier inn that I stay in across London that Corbyn salary is low for London "
But isn't he providing free food for their children? Wait is it people in poverty you care about or the rich? How many children from the middle class/working class go to private school?
I almost went to one because of my maths skills but it was over 1000 euros a term. Plus my parents believe they help to pass your tests not set you up for life. Which I'm grateful for. |
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"This is not a defence of public schools, merely a dismissal of the lies and deception of Corbyn and his cronies.
According to these eejits, parents who pay for state schooling through general taxation (but receive no benefit for doing so), and who then sacrifice luxuries to pay a considerable amount for private education for their children......are being subsidised by the state!
Yes, because VAT is not levied on private education, they are receiving a subsidy! Bonkers Corbyn, just bonkers.
Point of principle for the morally confused Jeremy Corbyn - access to education is a fundamental human right, essential not only to our personal development but also to the success of our economy and society.
Nobody WANTS to spend such a large proportion of disposable income on education, but where an inadequate state system fails the child, such an option must be available. The answer is for the state system to achieve higher standards, so that there is no need for parents to look elsewhere.
Trying to justify the imposition of taxation on education by arguing that the money raised will fund free school meals for children in years 1 & 2 seems to me to be somewhat questionable. Penny for the class war, guv?
Labour's extremely unimpressive education spokesperson Angela Rayner yesterday tried to justify the free meals policy (universal - irrespective of how wealthy the parents) on the basis that there was clear evidence that this improves attainment.
Yet, when the interviewer pointed out that this was a study which was extremely limited and the report authors stated that no clear implications should therefore be drawn..... Angela Rayner repeated her assertions. Thick, or what?
The tories are a pretty incompetent bunch, but thank goodness Corbyn's mob will never get a sniff of power.
Please, could we contract out our government to Germany.
I take it that you didnt read an article in The Times by Michael Gove in February of this year then. In it, he proposed that private school fees should have VAT on them.....so, you were saying????"
I know is why people can detest anything because of the media. Even great policies can be criticized by saying Corbyn pledged it.
Anyway education is the foundation of the skills and work force we can create for future generations. I don't agree that university is the answer for everyone. I believe the conservatives made it harder by raising the fees.
So why are people defending the rights of private companies instead of the majority of the children who deserve education.
If not, we might as well start child labour again.  |
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"This is not a defence of public schools, merely a dismissal of the lies and deception of Corbyn and his cronies.
According to these eejits, parents who pay for state schooling through general taxation (but receive no benefit for doing so), and who then sacrifice luxuries to pay a considerable amount for private education for their children......are being subsidised by the state!
Yes, because VAT is not levied on private education, they are receiving a subsidy! Bonkers Corbyn, just bonkers.
Point of principle for the morally confused Jeremy Corbyn - access to education is a fundamental human right, essential not only to our personal development but also to the success of our economy and society.
Nobody WANTS to spend such a large proportion of disposable income on education, but where an inadequate state system fails the child, such an option must be available. The answer is for the state system to achieve higher standards, so that there is no need for parents to look elsewhere.
Trying to justify the imposition of taxation on education by arguing that the money raised will fund free school meals for children in years 1 & 2 seems to me to be somewhat questionable. Penny for the class war, guv?
Labour's extremely unimpressive education spokesperson Angela Rayner yesterday tried to justify the free meals policy (universal - irrespective of how wealthy the parents) on the basis that there was clear evidence that this improves attainment.
Yet, when the interviewer pointed out that this was a study which was extremely limited and the report authors stated that no clear implications should therefore be drawn..... Angela Rayner repeated her assertions. Thick, or what?
The tories are a pretty incompetent bunch, but thank goodness Corbyn's mob will never get a sniff of power.
Please, could we contract out our government to Germany.
I take it that you didnt read an article in The Times by Michael Gove in February of this year then. In it, he proposed that private school fees should have VAT on them.....so, you were saying????
I know is why people can detest anything because of the media. Even great policies can be criticized by saying Corbyn pledged it.
Anyway education is the foundation of the skills and work force we can create for future generations. I don't agree that university is the answer for everyone. I believe the conservatives made it harder by raising the fees.
So why are people defending the rights of private companies instead of the majority of the children who deserve education.
If not, we might as well start child labour again. "
Well we all support child labour in 1 way or another
Mobile phones, the raw materials mined by kids in Africa
Fashion items made in slave conditions in Bangladesh
Sports shoes and footballs made by impoverished kids in Asia
The World Cup which will be in Gulf States, stadiums built by what is literally slave labour from Pakistan and the Philippines, who are housed in awful conditions and the construction sites have a totally unacceptable high level of death associated with them.
But education is the key at home and abroad, and to be truthful passing an exam or test is coached in at every level of education, young or old |
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"Why should a private company masquerade as a charity ?
Why should parents be charged VAT for funded the education of their children twice
cut out the rest as again it is a useless diatribe...
okay... let me as you this.... should a private or independent school be allowed to register themselves as a "charity"
for example... can you really call for example "Eton" a charity?"
Whilst I agree with you on the "charity" point Corbin has once again failed to look at the big picture. While places like Elton are oversubscribed with the children of the mega rich...the vast majority of private schools have parents who are struggling to manage, but choose to do so because of the crap state of the majority of over full and underfunded state schools (a different debate).
Pushing up the fees by 20% will mean many parents being forced to put their children back into the state system....chaos!
The point the OP is making is that these parents are paying twice. They are paying, through taxes, for state education...,as we all do. But they are not receiving the benefit. Average cost of "state" education about £4000 per pupil.
So yes, charge VAT, remove charitable status but pay the £4000 per pupil that these schools are saving the state.
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On another point...nobody seems to have mentioned Corbyns own schooling. Or that of several of his cabinet cronies children...
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No one forces people to pay twice just as noone determines a family size. Make the tax regime simple by removing an unnecessary loophole. Any private schools that are abusing charitable status should have it removed. |
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"why exactly shouldn't vat be charged on education if it is itself being charged for ... same as other services that carry a mandatory vat surcharge"
You may need to look into your pension. I may be wrong. But you pay tax on your income. Then again when you claim your pension. |
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"why exactly shouldn't vat be charged on education if it is itself being charged for ... same as other services that carry a mandatory vat surcharge
You may need to look into your pension. I may be wrong. But you pay tax on your income. Then again when you claim your pension."
what's pensions got to do with being charged vat on private education fees? |
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only if your total income is above the threshold ... i still don't get why you're talking about pensions in realtion to vat being charged on private educational fees |
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"only if your total income is above the threshold ... i still don't get why you're talking about pensions in realtion to vat being charged on private educational fees"
I'm not against the VAT charge on private education. If it finds the state schools and improve the quality. Those hard working parents can use state schools.
But for those who oppose paying twice, why aren't they protesting against being charged pension twice when they work so hard to get more than the threshold. Now was it labour or the Tories who added that. |
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"Why should a private company masquerade as a charity ?
Why should parents be charged VAT for funded the education of their children twice
cut out the rest as again it is a useless diatribe...
okay... let me as you this.... should a private or independent school be allowed to register themselves as a "charity"
for example... can you really call for example "Eton" a charity?
Whilst I agree with you on the "charity" point Corbin has once again failed to look at the big picture. While places like Elton are oversubscribed with the children of the mega rich...the vast majority of private schools have parents who are struggling to manage, but choose to do so because of the crap state of the majority of over full and underfunded state schools (a different debate).
Pushing up the fees by 20% will mean many parents being forced to put their children back into the state system....chaos!
The point the OP is making is that these parents are paying twice. They are paying, through taxes, for state education...,as we all do. But they are not receiving the benefit. Average cost of "state" education about £4000 per pupil.
So yes, charge VAT, remove charitable status but pay the £4000 per pupil that these schools are saving the state.
.
On another point...nobody seems to have mentioned Corbyns own schooling. Or that of several of his cabinet cronies children...
.
Talk about climbing the ladder and pulling it up after you!"
This seems like a sensible trade off, and it's amazing how many of the labour elite forget their own and the education that they bought for their children |
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"why exactly shouldn't vat be charged on education if it is itself being charged for ... same as other services that carry a mandatory vat surcharge
You may need to look into your pension. I may be wrong. But you pay tax on your income. Then again when you claim your pension."
Pension is deducted before tax or you claim the tax back at the appropriate rate |
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"Why should a private company masquerade as a charity ?
Why should parents be charged VAT for funded the education of their children twice
cut out the rest as again it is a useless diatribe...
okay... let me as you this.... should a private or independent school be allowed to register themselves as a "charity"
for example... can you really call for example "Eton" a charity?
Whilst I agree with you on the "charity" point Corbin has once again failed to look at the big picture. While places like Elton are oversubscribed with the children of the mega rich...the vast majority of private schools have parents who are struggling to manage, but choose to do so because of the crap state of the majority of over full and underfunded state schools (a different debate).
Pushing up the fees by 20% will mean many parents being forced to put their children back into the state system....chaos!
The point the OP is making is that these parents are paying twice. They are paying, through taxes, for state education...,as we all do. But they are not receiving the benefit. Average cost of "state" education about £4000 per pupil.
So yes, charge VAT, remove charitable status but pay the £4000 per pupil that these schools are saving the state.
.
On another point...nobody seems to have mentioned Corbyns own schooling. Or that of several of his cabinet cronies children...
.
Talk about climbing the ladder and pulling it up after you!"
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Let's be honest Corbyn prefers hand outs as opposed to hand ups |
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People are arguing that parents are paying twice for education if they put their kids through private schools, so technically I'm paying once for it and never using it at all as don't have or want kids. At the end of the day, you have to pay what you owe in tax.
As for charitable status for private schools, I'd agree with it if the schools are investing the profits back into education as appose to just making the owners or shareholders richer. Does anyone here really know what kind of profits these "charities" are making without paying tax and where that money goes? |
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"only if your total income is above the threshold ... i still don't get why you're talking about pensions in realtion to vat being charged on private educational fees
I'm not against the VAT charge on private education. If it finds the state schools and improve the quality. Those hard working parents can use state schools.
But for those who oppose paying twice, why aren't they protesting against being charged pension twice when they work so hard to get more than the threshold. Now was it labour or the Tories who added that."
ok ... thanks for explaining... i get your angle now |
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"People are arguing that parents are paying twice for education if they put their kids through private schools, so technically I'm paying once for it and never using it at all as don't have or want kids. At the end of the day, you have to pay what you owe in tax.
As for charitable status for private schools, I'd agree with it if the schools are investing the profits back into education as appose to just making the owners or shareholders richer. Does anyone here really know what kind of profits these "charities" are making without paying tax and where that money goes?"
i doubt it ... but aside from that, vat on top would be valuable revenue for the exchequour without the schools losing out on the money they get to "reinvest" |
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