VA Briefing 135 – Gift Aid and tax effective giving

Gift Aid is an easy way for voluntary arts groups that are registered UK charities to increase the value of their donations by reclaiming the basic rate of tax. This briefing will dispel some of the myths and show how easy it is to make the most of the scheme. Since we published VAN Briefing 54 in April 2001, a number of changes have been made to Gift Aid, details of which are also included here.

Please note: The coalition Government has indicated possible changes to the Gift Aid scheme, but is yet to provide details of these. We will keep you updated on any further developments via the Voluntary Arts enews.

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This Briefing was published in June 2010. The content and resources were applicable at the time of going to press. Much of the information contained in Briefings is generic but some facts and contacts details may change and /or go out of date. You are therefore advised to double check the currency of the content in this document.