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Gift Aid is a way for charities or Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) to increase the value of monetary gifts from UK taxpayers by claiming back the basic rate tax paid by the donor. It can increase the value of donations by a quarter at no extra cost to the donor.

Gift Aid is worth nearly £1 billion a year to charities and their donors.

HMRC Charities have a 'Gift Aid Toolkit' on CD-ROM to help your charity or CASC run an effective Gift Aid scheme. The toolkit offers a beginner’s guide to the Gift Aid scheme and provides a step-by-step guide to help you:

  • apply to HMRC to make Gift Aid repayment claims
  • understand the rules of the Gift Aid scheme
  • fill in the Gift Aid repayment forms
  • understand what records you need to keep.

David Richardson Director of Charities, Assets and Residence at HMRC said:

I hope that the toolkit will encourage more charities - especially the smaller ones - to take up Gift Aid and boost their income. We have worked with charities to develop the toolkit which should reduce administrative burdens. Our aim is to make Gift Aid easy for all charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs by providing the tools and guidance to help them at every step

The toolkit can be obtained by calling HMRC Charities on 08453 020 203 or emailing charities@hmrc.gov.uk

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