From the 6th of April 2013 onwards, Charities and Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) have been able to claim top up payments on cash donations of £20 or less under the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS).

You do not need to know the identity of the donors or collect Gift Aid declarations, which makes it easier to claim on donations such as street collections. You can claim 25% on cash donations of £20 or less and you can claim up to £1,250 in tax a year.

Who can Claim

To be able to clai...

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The Withdrawal of the R68(i) Gift Aid repayment form happens on 30th September, so to make sure you are ready, here are your options:

The Gift Aid Online Filing is due to go live on 22^nd April 2013.

What should you be doing?

Register for HMRC Gateway

If you have not already registered for the HMRC Gateway, you need to do this now.  For more information visit HMRC Charities Online FAQs.

Get Your Supporter Records in Order

Make sure your supporter records are up-to-date with a current address and postcode.

The donor’s forename, surname and first line of the address are mandatory fields – the title and postcode a...

We’re all familiar with the proverb of “never looking a gift horse in the mouth”, but in the case of the newly introduced Small Charities Donations Bill it would seem appropriate for small charities to ignore that advice and look carefully at what’s actually on offer.

The new bill will allow charities and amateur sports clubs to claim “Gift Aid” on individual gifts of under £20 without a Gift Aid form, meaning there is no need to collect donor’s details, up to a total value of...