Church advocates for VAT exemption on school fees in Northern Ireland to protect religious education.

• Free Presbyterian Church lobbies Northern Ireland secretary about Labour’s plans to levy VAT on school fees
• About 2,500 pupils in Northern Ireland attend grammar school preps, Christian, and other independent schools
• Northern Ireland government’s education minister insists parents shouldn’t pay VAT on private school fees
• Concerns raised about churches with attached schools having to register for VAT and charge tax on additional services
• Proposed taxation would place a heavy burden on parents already sacrificing for their children’s education
• Ulster Unionist Party MP argues that adding VAT fee to religious-based school deprives protected characteristic of religious belief

Source: independentschoolmanagement.co.uk

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