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<p>The government has no plans to make changes to the VAT regime for independent schools.
The VAT regime does not treat school fees differently based on whether schools have
charitable status or not. All school fees are exempt from VAT.</p><p>The government
has made no assessment of the scope under existing law for levying VAT on the fees
charged by independent schools with charitable status. Other organisations, including
EDSK, Baines Cutler Consulting, and Oxford Economics have published their own assessments
related to this issue.</p><p>It is also worth noting that in practice, VAT on school
fees would be passed on to parents. Schools would be required to pay the difference
between the VAT they have charged to parents and the VAT they have themselves paid
to other businesses.</p><p> </p>
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