This webinar is free to attend and open only to NASS members

With VAT set to apply to independent special schools starting in January 2025, time is extremely limited—there are just seven working weeks between the Autumn Budget and the policy going live. Significant planning is necessary to ensure schools are fully prepared for these changes.

Specialists at law firm VWV are offering a free webinar for NASS members to cover critical details of how VAT will impact them and how, given the short timeframe, schools must act quickly and carefully to avoid costly mistakes and ensure they are VAT-ready.

The webinar will cover

• Whether your school is subject to VAT
• The complexities of partial exemption and VAT on different services (education, health, care, welfare)
• Key risks such as under-reporting and reclaiming too much VAT
• Practical steps to ensure VAT compliance and effective risk management

Deadline for receipt of bookings: 4th November 2024
Deadline for booking cancellations: 4th November 2024

About Susie Luckman
Susie is a legal director with a special interest in the education sector. She has a passion for working with schools and education institutions to provide practical bespoke solutions to commonly faced problems, particularly in the face of the current changing political landscape.

Most recently she has advised over 100 independent schools in relation to the removal of the VAT exemption on school fees and the inevitable practical ramifications. Through published articles and individual bespoke advice, she continues to help schools navigate the commercial, charitable, employment and financial implications this change in operations will have for the independent school sector as a whole.

A corporate solicitor by trade, and with a background in commercial lending and borrowing she also advises a range of clients, including independent schools, on consumer credit issues and utilising the various exemptions in the legislation to offer flexible payment options.

About Nikki Miller
Nikki is a Schools Advisor in VWV’s Education team, based in their Bristol office.

After a successful first career in the Army, she spent 15 years as a COO/bursar and Clerk to Governors in the Independent Schools sector, including as an ISI compliance inspector and DB pension trustee. During this time, she provided finance and operational support to two UK based international schools and was part of the estates master planning team for a £24m new international school in Somerset.

Nikki offers practical, school specific insight on regulatory compliance, strategic planning, and school operations. She also works as a consultant for Narrow Quay Solutions, part of the VWV group. Narrow Quay Solutions is a team of experienced school leaders, management consultants and accountants who provide financial leadership and accountancy services to schools and charities, including helping schools with their VAT registration and set up.

VWV has a specialist team for Special Schools and College which advises on a wide range of issues, in addition to VAT.  For more information please visit: https://www.vwv.co.uk/special-schools-lawyers