tax relief on school fees

goodlife

Hi All

Does anyone know if you can get tax relief on your child's private school fees? My husband's accountant mentioned it to him in passing a couple of months ago but didn't enlarge on it. I've been looking on the web for info but can't find anything. My daughter gets a music scholarship and a bursary but we pay the remainder of her fees. My husband is self-employed and I am salaried. Any advice or info would be very greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

J x

Andy_L

You can't get relief on the fees themselves. There are various suggestions about ways of investing in a pension scheme to gain the tax relief & then using the lump sum & an interest free mortgage to do it but they rely on interest rates staying low & pension rules not changing.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/01/13/cmfees13.xml

Tharu

Hello.

Does the same rule apply for higher education tuition fees. My wife is studying for a Masters at the University of Birmingham. Is there any tax rebate on her tuition fees ... she is classed as an international student as we have been married and living in the UK for just shy of the 3 years required by the University.

Many thanks.

Michael.

fengirl_2

There is no tax relief on Uni fees either.
Only expenses incurred 'wholly, exclusively and necessarily' in the performance of your duties as an employee are allowable for tax and these rules are extremely tight.