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You still don't get it... Each child that goes to a private school SAVES the taxpayer about £6.2k each year because that's roughly the cost of state education (it varies alot over the country, and I really can't be arsed to research what it is in your area)
So... for a child that goes to private school... we SAVE £6.2k... OR we give a private school a VAT advantage of about £2k per year (say £9k per year net with £2k VAT)
So... would you rather spend £6.2k or spend £2k ??? I know what I'd rather do...
So... in theory you pay LESS TAX if a child goes to private school !!
I do get it.
I am of the opinion that we should not give a tax relief to wealthy schools. End of
If the kids that went to the pay schools went to a state school that may drive up standards in that state school, win-win there.
I also think we should scrap rates and have a land value tax- different story