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Abolish VAT on Badged School Uniform.

Submitted on Thursday 11th July 2013

Published on Wednesday 17th July 2013

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 17th July 2014

Signatures: 49

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Abolish VAT on Badged School Uniform.

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School uniform designed for those aged 14 and over is levied with the full 20% VAT even though it is compulsory for under 16s. This makes a difference of roughly £3 on every school jumper purchased or around £8 if your child wears a blazer.
Whilst it can be argued that adults may buy the plain black trousers for work purposes there can be no such arguments made for badged or embroidered secondary school clothing.
One fifth of all the money you have spent on your 14 year olds school uniform is VAT.
VAT is for non essential goods. Badged or embroidered school uniform has no other use than its compulsory one so surely VAT should not be applied to it. Please sign and circulate this petition as with enough signatures it will be raised for debate.


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