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Private Education: VAT

Asked by Jess Brown-FullerLiberal DemocratTreasuryTabled Answered 29 October 2024UIN 10403

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7694 on Private Education: VAT, whether providers offering Higher-Level studies at Level 6 will be subject to VAT.

Answered by James Murray

On 29 July, the Government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent.

The Government has no plans to make changes to the VAT treatment of Higher Education.

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