Die Labour-Steuererhöhung für Privatschulen dürfte mehr Geld einbringen als erwartet
Labour’s private school tax hike is set to raise more money than expected
Von HadjiChippoSafri
Die Labour-Steuererhöhung für Privatschulen dürfte mehr Geld einbringen als erwartet
Labour’s private school tax hike is set to raise more money than expected
Von HadjiChippoSafri
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I thought every kid in private school was going to flood into the state system and cripple it though??
Are we supposed to celebrate that we’ve squeezed more money out of young families? Just so we can put WFA into millionaire pensioners’ pockets.
Disclaimer: I do not have children in a private school but I do want our birth rate to go up.
It’s not a tax hike, it’s closing a loophole – the first of many that need to be sewn up.
But the British media spent months repeatedly arguing that this would devastate private schools, they would all close and all the pwecious pupils would be forced to attend state school with commoners.
How can this be?
No, you don’t say that companies pretending to be charities while having a shit ton of money might have misrepresented the effects?
>Some had warned the policy would force students out of private school and into the state system, and whilst this has happened to an extent, councils in March said there had been “no obvious impact” on applications for state sector places.
You mean, people with lots of money, actually could afford to pay after all?
What happened to all those struggling working class families, on measly six-figure salaries, who were going to go bankrupt?
I thought the rich were all going to Dubai because of this?
This is the second* positive Labour story I’ve heard today – what’s happening? Something is seriously afoot! (Or maybe they’ve *finally* hired a PR team?)
*The other being Starmer has already completely smashed Johnson’s prior investment in levelling up the North
[https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/10/exclusive-starmer-outspends-johnson-on-levelling-up-in-first-year](https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/10/exclusive-starmer-outspends-johnson-on-levelling-up-in-first-year)
Good! That’s more money to spend on state secondary school kids.
It’s October why are we referencing things councils said in March? That was 7 months ago.
Don’t give them any more ideas. A nasty and short sighted policy. Labour is for the shirkers and not the workers.
But how much VAT was reclaimed by the schools for capital / building projects.
The analysis of the total VAT reclaimed the schools, the VAT netted by the govt and the (if any) reduction in private school places (with subsequent state school increase) at the end of the government will be interesting.
If labour do not secure a second term, I can see labour may have just given a tax rebate to the schools at a net loss to the government.
Why are we posting this publication when it’s just referencing the telegraph article, and not only has no extra info or analysis but doesn’t even contain the info from the telegraph.
https://archive.is/sIvHR
>Treasury sources told The Telegraph that despite more pupils moving into the state sector than predicted, ministers believe they are “on track to raise the revenue forecast if not slightly exceed it”.
The Government had calculated the VAT… would raise £460m from its introduction on January 1 2025 to the end of the tax year in April. That figure was based on school fees rising by an average of 10pc. This increase would raise the cost of day school fees by around £1,800 and boarding school fees by £4,250, based on the Independent Schools Council (ISC) census.
In reality, school fees rose by around 14pc in January based on The Telegraph’s analysis of 964 schools in England, Scotland and Wales. Parents faced an average fee increase of more than £2,500 for day schools and almost £6,000 for boarding schools.
While that has led to a larger exodus from the sector than forecast, it has also increased the overall tax base, meaning the levy is applied to a bigger pool of fee revenue.
Weird, because I scores of articles over several months about how it would bring about the apocalypse.
I thought every kid in private school was going to instantly leave because paying out 10k was affordable but 12k was insanely high
Dumb comments on here. It’s based on numbers since January.
1. People cant move school mid-year
2. Parents will try not to move their kids if the children are one year away from GCSE or A Level
3. Then they will transfer to state sector
4. More people will go towards State sector over time/in medium term
Finally this policy was main cause the private school my kids went to closed its doors forever after close on 200 years of operations, wiping thr legacy of their youth off the planet.
So fu k Labour for this policy…class warfare and nothing else They have never changed
So all the scaremongers from the mail, telegraph etc were all totally wrong. What a surprise.
But, but … we were told that little Tarquin would have to go to ordinary school with the plebs …
Turns out that the rich have plenty of money, so I say keep squeezing
Good. Buying advantage for your kids ought to be as expensive as possible.