Mel (& Paul) Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 As so many omleteers are great givers - particularly to the Battery Hen Welfare Trust - and to others on the forum that are doing great charity work I thought it would be worth reminding you all about Gift Aid. If you go onto the Trusts website: http://www.thehenshouse.co.uk and click on donations you can download a form which enables the charity to reclaim the takx you pay on donations It doesnt matter if you have already made donations, the form will allow the charity to reclaim any tax on donations from April 2000 and on into the future You need to be a UK tax payer - but make sure you do it - afterall it isnt often "we" get something out of the government Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Thanks for the reminder Mel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 You're entirely welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Thanks Mel - I've done mine re a donation I made last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted September 12, 2006 Author Share Posted September 12, 2006 You are also entirely welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken on a mission Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Great point about gift aid as it is worth so much extra dosh to registered charities. I always get James to pay for things or make donations because I'm not sure if I can do it because I don't pay income tax because I don't have an income Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 All charity giving is done by me for Gift Aid as I am very unlikely to get a tax return! (Joey had two last year and he had to trawl through 2 years worth of bank statements to find donations!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 That's a very good reminder, Mel! The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) can be used so that when you make donations through an account with them, all your donations appear on your CAF statement and you don't have to remember each one for the tax return. http://www.cafonline.org/ In this case it is CAF that reclaims the tax using Gift Aid not the individual charity, so your donation can be a bit bigger to reflect this. (Hope that's not confusing!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 People may be interested in this site http://www.everyclick.com If you do your internet searches through this site, they will send money to your designated charity (now includes the Battery Hen Welfare Trust). The more searches you do, the more the charity benefits. You have to register. I read an article about it - it seems OK - they donate 50% of their advertising revenue to the charities that are registered with them, and share out the money depending on how many searches the various supporters do. I've been using it for a while - it's OK, but for some searches Google is better. But for simple searches it is fine, and you can keep track of how much 'your' charity is raising via the website. Best wishes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 That sounds interesting Ruth - I'll have to find time to look at it tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianissimo Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Don't forget that you can also use Give As You Earn (GAYE). I don't know how many employers use it, but mine does (even though there are only 30 employees). My regular donations are deducted from my pay BEFORE the tax - so it goes direct to the charity and they do not need to reclaim the tax because it is already included. It means that I appear to give more (because I pay it including the tax rebate) but it is most convenient for me and for the charity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladylucan Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Didnt realise i could do the gift aid, will do that right now, xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 when we got our girls from haslingden we gave adele £10, we didn't sign anything at that point but i'd like the bhwt to claim back the tax if it can on the extra £8 (the girls cost £2 the rest was a donation) is there anything we can do to help them get the tax back or it too late? p.s. can you PM as i might not see your reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prongs Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 Damn, I don't pay tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whittlewitch Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Damn, I don't pay tax. Poor you - You won't get that warm feeling inside when you now you have deprieved HMRC of a little bit of your hard earned cash!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
