Gift Aid

Although the Payments Council recently decided not to withdraw the use of cheques in 2018 as originally planned, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is reminding charities that it will continue to move to mak

The fourth annual review of off-the-page fundraising, The Tick Box Report 2011, has found that many charities have not used the recession and its impact as a theme in their adverts, loose inserts and

In today's Budget speech the Government announced a number of significant changes to Gift Aid and the taxation of donations to encourage philanthropy and reduce the burden on claiming Gift Aid, especi

The current gift aid system is so bureaucratic and burdensome that charities leave £750m a year unclaimed, according to a new report.

The Institute of Fundraising has expressed concern that progress to reform Gift Aid is "still slow moving and disjointed".

The Institute of Fundraising has redeveloped its tax-effective giving microsite, with content for charities, fundraisers and donors.

HMRC reports that record amounts of Gift Aid were claimed by charities in 2009-2010. With claims of £1.007m, this was the first time that charities have claimed more than £1 billion in Gift Aid.

Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is exploring how technology can be used to transform and simply the Gift Aid process to maximise the potential of this tax relief.

Charity IT specialists GiftEase have announced inSynch, a plugin application that can work with almost any charity database and which will produce "error free tax claims in a matter of hours."

Gift Aid recovery consultancy GAIN has announced the Charity Discount Card, a method of enabling charity's donors to donate gift coupons they might receive from the charity under the Gift Aid scheme.