UK to Put VAT on Private School Fees From January as Planned

The UK government is pushing ahead with plans to charge value-added tax on private school fees starting in January, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesman said Monday, after reports the move might be delayed.

The policy to levy VAT at 20% on private education was one of the few taxes Labour pledged to raise in the general election campaign, and the new government in the summer said Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves would introduce it in January — in the middle of the school year.

But over the weekend, the Observer newspaper said the tax measure might have to ...