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Labour set to propose retroactive tax on private school fees to stop avoidance
A teacher invites a student to write an answer onto a whiteboard in a maths class at Royal High School Bath, which is a day and boarding school for girls aged 3-18 and also part of The Girls' Day School Trust, the leading network of private girls' schools in Britain
LABOUR is exploring the possibility of imposing tax retroactively on private school fees, it was revealed today.
It comes amid concerns that parents could sidestep extra costs from Labour’s plan to abolish tax exemption for private schools by paying for years of schooling in advance.
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson signalled that the party is looking at drawing on changes to VAT, brought in by former Tory chancellor George Osborne, to block wealthy parents from dodging the tax.
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