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VAT assisted purchases

Many Local Education Authorities (LEAs) and schools offer what is known as an Assisted Instrument Purchase Scheme (AIPS). It enables parents of pupils at LEA schools to purchase an instrument through the school or LEA at the ex-VAT price shown on our website.

Current Rules for Qualifying for AIPS:

The student must be in full-time education at a Local Education Authority (LEA) school.
The student must be receiving tuition at the school by a local authority employed teacher.
The instrument must be appropriate to the student's needs - a beginner flute player does not need a gold flute!
The instrument must be portable.

In addition to our promotional price, you can also benefit from a further discount, resulting in big savings. For example:

	Suggested Selling Price (SSP)	Our Price	Ex-VAT AIPS Price	Total Saving
Example: Brand X saxophone	£999.00	£599.00	£499.17	£520.87

The AIPS scheme does not apply to privately-taught pupils, or those at Private or Grant Maintained schools. The scheme has the full approval of HM Revenue & Customs.

Procedure for Purchasing Through AIPS:

The pupil chooses an instrument from our range.
The parent places an order with the school or LEA, stating the instrument, supplier (Jonathan Myall Music) and instrument price plus postage of £9.52 exc. VAT.
The parent pays the school or LEA the amount ex-VAT plus any administration fee that they may charge.
The school/LEA places an order with us for the required instrument.
We despatch the instrument to the school/LEA ready for collection by the pupil or you can collect the instrument from our showroom depending on the way the LEA administer their scheme

Please contact your school or LEA to see if you are eligible. We can deal directly with any authority.