Reply to: Oh Dear: This is going to be interesting vat on private school fees

[d000hg]

Correct. They do not operate for profit rather for the betterment of society. Fees come out of after tax income.

The school might be non-profit but that doesn't necessarily mean people aren't making serious money from it.

I hadn't realised most private schools were registered charities though. I'm sure it's easy for a government to circumvent that obstacle if it wanted to.

[northernladyuk]

Criminals cook for each other and most are learning their bulk catering skills.

Hospital food varies. Some patients get microwaved meals or sandwiches of a reasonable standard.

If you live in the right part of the country, the trick with hospital meals is to ask for the Asian vegetarian menu. I worked in a hospital where word got round , so the hospital tried to restrict the menu to patients with a recorded ethnicity of Asian, but as ethnicity is defined by the patient, white patients started stating their ethnicity as Asian, so the hospital opened up the meals to everyone.

[SueEllen]

Hungry kids are being let down by their parent(s).

The scum dross who choose stella over fresh fruit, and quarter of an ounce of skunk over books and reading to their kids are the problem.

You can get children's books from the local library for free. They are in fact one of the age groups who use libraries most as libraries have special events for them.

[PurpleGorilla]

Oh Dear: This is going to be interesting vat on private school fees

The reason why you have poverty in this country is because the education system totally sucks. by only paying attention to the poorly performing pupils and not to the bright ones parents are forced to send their children to private and grammar schools. Many other countries do not have a private sector at all and are outperforming the Uk in education on all levels, basically because there are different streams of education for poor medium and high performing pupils, not forcing the same GCSE's on everybody

Hungry kids are being let down by their parent(s).

The scum dross who choose stella over fresh fruit, and quarter of an ounce of skunk over books and reading to their kids are the problem.

[SueEllen]

On a par with hospital?

Criminals cook for each other and most are learning their bulk catering skills.

Hospital food varies. Some patients get microwaved meals or sandwiches of a reasonable standard.

[Eirikur]

You could give up contracting and pay more tax, I'm sure that would help too.

I'm sure FA always declares himself inside IR35

[ruasonid]

I agree, impose VAT on private school fees and maybe even increase VAT to 25%. I find it deplorable that there are rich IT contractors on here who probably binge on champagne every weekend who do not want to dip into their pocket to enable a poor kid to have a proper meal. I cannot wait for Corbyn to get into power so we can see the poor souls stuck on the bottom rung get a leg up. The Tories need to be bullied out of power for the next decade or so.

You could give up contracting and pay more tax, I'm sure that would help too.

[ruasonid]

Most private schools are 'charities' and charities are VAT exempt.

Correct. They do not operate for profit rather for the betterment of society. Fees come out of after tax income.

[d000hg]

Criminals food is disgusting.

On a par with hospital?

[SueEllen]

In a way it's a bit strange that the state gives parents free child care, by force, but doesn't feed the children whilst they're there. Criminals get free meals in prison but school kids have to pay.

Criminals food is disgusting.

[VectraMan]

And free school meals doesn't cost much really, especially if you remove the red tape of figuring out who gets them.

In a way it's a bit strange that the state gives parents free child care, by force, but doesn't feed the children whilst they're there. Criminals get free meals in prison but school kids have to pay.

[fullyautomatix]

I wonder if there are newer members who don't realise FA is trolling and genuinely think he's a massive leftie

[d000hg]

I wonder if there are newer members who don't realise FA is trolling and genuinely think he's a massive leftie

[fullyautomatix]

I agree with both points... I don't have strong feelings on either but I am rather surprised there isn't VAT on school fees as it is definitely a luxury item.

And free school meals doesn't cost much really, especially if you remove the red tape of figuring out who gets them. I had thought they'd partially reintroduced this anyway to be honest but maybe not? The wife's school is in a deprived area so it might be they all qualify, or maybe the littluns get it not the older ones?

I agree, impose VAT on private school fees and maybe even increase VAT to 25%. I find it deplorable that there are rich IT contractors on here who probably binge on champagne every weekend who do not want to dip into their pocket to enable a poor kid to have a proper meal. I cannot wait for Corbyn to get into power so we can see the poor souls stuck on the bottom rung get a leg up. The Tories need to be bullied out of power for the next decade or so.

[d000hg]

Why isn't there VAT on school fees anyway?

Free school meals for all doesn't sound like a terrible policy. In fact I'm sure the LibDems came out with that one a couple of years ago.

I agree with both points... I don't have strong feelings on either but I am rather surprised there isn't VAT on school fees as it is definitely a luxury item.

And free school meals doesn't cost much really, especially if you remove the red tape of figuring out who gets them. I had thought they'd partially reintroduced this anyway to be honest but maybe not? The wife's school is in a deprived area so it might be they all qualify, or maybe the littluns get it not the older ones?