Donations To Support Men's Aid

Gift Aid

Gift aid – an overview
Gift aid is tax relief on money donated to UK charities.
We treat donations as if the donor had already deducted basic rate tax from them.
The charity can then reclaim this tax to increase the value of a donation.

Gift aid rules
Donors must

• pay enough UK income tax and/or capital gains tax themselves to cover the amount
  of tax the charity will reclaim
  
• give the charity a gift aid declaration, which should include
  - their name
  - their home address
  - the charity’s name
  - details of the donation – saying that it is a gift aid donation
  - confirmation that they have paid UK tax – to cover the tax the charity will reclaim.
  
  A declaration can be made to cover individual donations,a series of donations,
  can cover donations made during a specified period or to cover all future donations.
  They can also be backdated for up to 6 years prior to the date of the declaration provided
  the donation was made since 6 April 2000.

 

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Gift Aid Declaration
Name of Charity	Men's Aid ( Registered charity No. 1116309 )
Details of donor Title ……Forename(s) …………………………………… Surname ………………… Address ………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………… Post Code ……………………
I want the charity to treat *the enclosed donation of £ ……………… as a Gift Aid donation *the donation(s) of £ ………………………which I made on ……/……/…… as (a) Gift Aid donation (s) *all donations that I make from the date of this declaration until I notify you otherwise as Gift Aid donations *all donations I have made for the six years prior to this year, (but no earlier than 6/4/2000) and all donations I make from the date of this declaration until I notify you otherwise, as Gift Aid donations. *delete as appropriate   You must pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax at least equal to the tax that the charity reclaims on your donations in the appropriate tax year (currently 28p for each £1 you give).
Date: ………/………/………

Notes:

1. You can cancel this Declaration at any time by notifying the charity.
2. If in the future your circumstances change and you no longer pay tax on your income and capital gains equal to the tax that the charity reclaims, you can cancel your declaration.
3. If you pay tax at the higher rate you can claim further tax relief in your Self Assessment tax return.
4. If you are unsure whether your donations qualify for Gift Aid tax relief refer to help sheet IR65 on theHMRC web site.
5. Please notify the charity if you change your name or address.

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Monday 5 March, 2007 10:56

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