Ane comments:
The ruling was “perhaps not a surprise” given Labour’s manifesto commitment to adding VAT and the difficulty of legal challenges to tax measures.
She added: “The judges’ observation that home schooling offers a viable alternative may address the human rights law argument in principle but it is likely to leave a bitter taste for many parents, for whom home schooling is neither practical nor comparable to the educational environment they have chosen for their children.”
Click here to read the full articles:
Court of Appeal dismisses school’s VAT challenge – Solicitors Journal
Appeal court rejects latest challenge to adding VAT to UK private school fees – Yahoo News UK
Appeal court rejects latest challenge to adding VAT to UK private school fees – MSN
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