- 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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