Vat on Independent school fees?

The odd thing is after a google search I cannot find a fee paying school in the Aberdeen area that charges fees p.a. lower than Monica's annual income - odd that a Telegraph journalist can't do that research

 
bluethrunthru said:
The odd thing is after a google search I cannot find a fee paying school in the Aberdeen area that charges fees p.a. lower than Monica's annual income - odd that a Telegraph journalist can't do that research

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£12,500 is basically the personal allowance that people often earn for strategic, tax purposes. It is completely inconceivable that anyone earning that amount of money (which is about 21 hours a week at minimum wage) would be able to send their child to private school, and it’s actually absurd to suggest they could. It’s a completely preposterous claim and there is definitely far more to this than meets the eye.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
£12,500 is basically the personal allowance that people often earn for strategic, tax purposes. It is completely inconceivable that anyone earning that amount of money (which is about 21 hours a week at minimum wage) would be able to send their child to private school, and it’s actually absurd to suggest they could. It’s a completely preposterous claim and there is definitely far more to this than meets the eye.
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I earn about double that and still can't afford a Ferrari
 
stonerblue said:
I earn about double that and still can't afford a Ferrari
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Sometimes, in the rush to creative a particular narrative, journalists produce articles that are predicated on a situation that is impossible, which simply serves, at least to anyone with reasonably developed critical thinking skills, to completely undermine the point they are trying to make.

How could anyone earning that, and that alone, ever afford private education? Even it is was £2k pa?
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Sometimes, in the rush to creative a particular narrative, journalists produce articles that are predicated on a situation that is impossible, which simply serves, at least to anyone with reasonably developed critical thinking skills, to completely undermine the point they are trying to make.

How could anyone earning that, and that alone, ever afford private education? Even it is was £2k pa?
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You have to wonder how this 'story' got past the editors desk, or maybe not given the owners.
 
stonerblue said:
You have to wonder how this 'story' got past the editors desk, or maybe not given the owners.
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Most likely because the truth no longer matters, only clicks and engagement.

I’m really surprised that no paper has run with a story of how Starmer has literally frozen their granny to death due to the removal of the WFA.

It doesn’t need to be true, just tug on the heartstrings and whip the social media frothers into another frenzy.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Most likely because the truth no longer matters, only clicks and engagement.

I’m really surprised that no paper has run with a story of how Starmer has literally frozen their granny to death due to the removal of the WFA.

It doesn’t need to be true, just tug on the heartstrings and whip the social media frothers into another frenzy.
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Looking out of the window this morning i'd guess that story will appear tomorrow.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
£12,500 is basically the personal allowance that people often earn for strategic, tax purposes. It is completely inconceivable that anyone earning that amount of money (which is about 21 hours a week at minimum wage) would be able to send their child to private school, and it’s actually absurd to suggest they could. It’s a completely preposterous claim and there is definitely far more to this than meets the eye.
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Yes certainly she isn’t paying for it out of income. I suspect she is either on full bursary or she has other money / a grandparent is paying for it and the “extras” she is struggling to meet however article is behind a paywall. Either that or she is fiddling her taxes but I’d be surprised if that’s in the article!!
 
metalblue said:
Yes certainly she isn’t paying for it out of income. I suspect she is either on full bursary or she has other money / a grandparent is paying for it and the “extras” she is struggling to meet however article is behind a paywall. Either that or she is fiddling her taxes but I’d be surprised if that’s in the article!!
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Well no, and her surname isn't in the article either, so no-one can actually fact check them on it.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
£12,500 is basically the personal allowance that people often earn for strategic, tax purposes. It is completely inconceivable that anyone earning that amount of money (which is about 21 hours a week at minimum wage) would be able to send their child to private school, and it’s actually absurd to suggest they could. It’s a completely preposterous claim and there is definitely far more to this than meets the eye.
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Even with a full bursary, its not just the education fees, its all the other things including, uniform, school trips, participation in more expensive sports etc.

My son got a scholarship/bursary and whilst I still had to pay a percentage of the fees due to my salary, it was all the other stuff that was the killer financially.
 
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bluethrunthru said:
The odd thing is after a google search I cannot find a fee paying school in the Aberdeen area that charges fees p.a. lower than Monica's annual income - odd that a Telegraph journalist can't do that research

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It's bullshit of the smelliest kind, and it is in the Telegraph which has become worse than the the Daily Star for making shit up.

Even if she and her family eat soil for every meal the numbers still don't add up, even with a bursary.

Where is the Daddy in all this? She is probably taking on the role of 'poor' partner/ex-spouse to screw the tax and benefits system whilst her possibly very wealthy ex-husband/partner provides all the kids needs. My daughter had friends who's parents did this and the lad was driving an Audi at 18 while his mum got every benefit going and wanted for nothing. This is middle-class benefit-scrounging.

It also mentions that she is an immigrant, so presumably Daddy lives in another country and is not subject to UK tax, but the UK taxpayer is paying to educate his kids privately.

The other bollocks is that her reason for wanting her son to go to private school is that her daughter got teased/bullied by all the richer kids in the state school. How logical to send her son to somewhere with even more privileged and entitled rich kids where his supposedly poverty stricken background will stand out even more.
 
Eebo said:
It's bullshit of the smelliest kind, and it is in the Telegraph which has become worse than the the Daily Star for making shit up.

Even if she and her family eat soil for every meal the numbers still don't add up, even with a bursary.

Where is the Daddy in all this? She is probably taking on the role of 'poor' partner/ex-spouse to screw the tax and benefits system whilst her possibly very wealthy ex-husband/partner provides all the kids needs. My daughter had friends who's parents did this and the lad was driving an Audi at 18 while his mum got every benefit going and wanted for nothing. This is middle-class benefit-scrounging.

It also mentions that she is an immigrant, so presumably Daddy lives in another country and is not subject to UK tax, but the UK taxpayer is paying to educate his kids privately.

The other bollocks is that her reason for wanting her son to go to private school is that her daughter got teased/bullied by all the richer kids in the state school. How logical to send her son to somewhere with even more privileged and entitled rich kids where his supposedly poverty stricken background will stand out even more.
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Yep, we weren't rich growing up, but my auntie offered to pay for me to go to private school. My mum didn't take her up on it, but if she did, no doubt she could have appeared in the paper as a part-time nurse scrimping and saving to send her kid to private school.
 
metalblue said:
Yes certainly she isn’t paying for it out of income. I suspect she is either on full bursary or she has other money / a grandparent is paying for it and the “extras” she is struggling to meet however article is behind a paywall. Either that or she is fiddling her taxes but I’d be surprised if that’s in the article!!
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JUst did a google search, 'send school fees' and this made up shit is the first news suggestion.
 
I remember the 'assisted places scheme' and how many of the 'poor parents' had Jaguars and the like. If you're not on PAYE, a clever accountant can 'adjust' your notional income to an astonishing degree.

It's one of many things that needs reforming in this country. But no party can be arsed. Certainly not 'Reform'.

So I'm a tad cynical about 'poor' parents, unless I get to see the full SP.
 
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