Petition Change the tax system so student loan repayments are taken before income tax.

Most students can not use their income tax allowance whilst studying at university and rely on borrowing money from the students loan company to cover living expenses. Therefore, repayments of this student debt should be exempt from income tax.

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These changes would bring the following benefits:

1. Earlier repayment and reduced pressure of student debt
2. A fairer systems for those starting out in life
3. Additional encouragement for further education

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

13 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 13 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 11 November 2016
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