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Gift aid small donations scheme to be simplified

26 April 2016
Issue: 4547 / Categories: News
A consultation has been published to simplify claims.

The government has published a consultation on the gift aid small donations scheme (GASDS). It includes a summary of responses to the call for evidence earlier this year and as a result proposes some changes to the scheme to simplify the rules.

The proposals are:

  • to remove the two-year rule and relaxing the two-in-four rule into a previous year only rule so that charities would need only to have made a successful gift aid claim in the previous tax year;
  • to explore the possibility of allowing donations to be made using contactless credit and debit cards but not by cheque text message or direct debit;
  • to allow charities or a group of charities to claim either under the main GASDS allowance or the community buildings allowance but not both. Charities receiving donations in...

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