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Going back to this, aren't all school fees paid up front?
In most instances people are only paying up to ~9 months ahead, e.g. it's August and they're paying for the next school year which starts a month later, or you pay termly and it's March and you need to pay for the summer term that starts in April.
That's quite different from paying for 2/3/4/5/etc years in advance.
You need to pay for the term for them to let your child back so it's just a matter of scale.
Not really, because the tax position could change such that different years are treated differently, but if you're paying for the current/upcoming year (as in the example above) the tax situation is not expected to change during that year.
Paying in advance for schools is a tricky thing as the school has no idea how it may need to raise prices in the future. Whilst the schools like some extra capital early on they can get themselves into trouble by spending it. Plenty of private schools have financial issues if they're not run properly (and that was before Covid).
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Going back to this, aren't all school fees paid up front? You need to pay for the term for them to let your child back so it's just a matter of scale. I doubt a government would win this or likely try. It's the visual and the long term change they are after.