Vat on Independent school fees?

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Looking out of the window this morning i'd guess that story will appear tomorrow.

Then, after doing some research, it’ll turn out to be a former Reform candidate called Stephen Ireland who lost his last 12 grannies to the Covid vaccine.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Looking out of the window this morning i'd guess that story will appear tomorrow.

In a newspaper that was playing the role of apologist when the Tories let covid run rampant through care homes, no doubt.

 

[Zuriblue]

Then, after doing some research, it’ll turn out to be a former Reform candidate called Stephen Ireland who lost his last 12 grannies to the Covid vaccine.

And since Superman was a former Blue it’ll all be City’s fault.

 

[metalblue]

£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.

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!!

 

[I'm With Stupid]

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!!

Well no, and her surname isn't in the article either, so no-one can actually fact check them on it.

 

[Kompany Car]

£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.

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.

 

[Eebo]

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

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.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

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.

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.

 

[stonerblue]

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!!

JUst did a google search, 'send school fees' and this made up shit is the first news suggestion.

 

[BrianW]

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.