Make student loan repayments a pre-tax deduction like business training costs.

Make student loan repayments a pre-tax deduction like business training costs. — 44 signatures. Status: open.

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Businesses claim full tax relief on staff learning and development. Graduates repaying student loans fund the same outcome but receive no equivalent relief, creating marginal tax rates above 51% for some earners. Repayments should be deducted from gross salary before Income Tax and NI.

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UK tax law allows businesses to deduct learning and development costs before tax, recognising education as an investment. Yet graduates repaying student loans — who made the same investment — receive no such relief. Repayments are collected after Income Tax and National Insurance, creating marginal rates exceeding 51% for basic-rate taxpayers. This is an inequitable and inconsistent application of tax policy that penalises individual investment in skills.

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