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Charities Online

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

On 22 April, HMRC launched "Charities Online", a new service for charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs ("CASCs") to submit Gift Aid repayment

Better to gift than to receive?

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 22 2013

For most, charitable giving is about helping others and that is reason enough. However, as mentioned in some of the other articles in this edition of

Getting more than a good feeling

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 22 2013

When making a charitable donation, we’ve all heard the question “would you like to Gift Aid it?”, and most of us respond in the affirmative without

Setting up your own charity

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 22 2013

If you have significant resources and want to "make a difference", or you have a specific charitable aim or project which no existing charity seems

HMRC guidance on gift aid declarations

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 16 2013

In February 2012, HMRC published amended guidance relating to the declarations donors must make if they want their donation to charity to benefit

Inheritance tax reduction on legacies to charity

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 15 2013

The Finance Act 2012 formalised the Government's 2011 budget proposal to encourage legacies to charity. This is achieved by reducing the rate of

Charities and the Olympic legacy

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 15 2013

The abiding memory of 2012 for many in the UK will be the rousing success of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics both in terms of hosting the

SDLT charities relief

  • Boodle Hatfield
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 15 2012

In the recent joint cases of The Pollen Estate Trustee Company Limited and King's College London v. The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs, the Upper Tribunal held that SDLT charities relief is not available where there are joint purchasers of land, unless all of the joint purchasers are eligible for the relief

Options for charitable giving

  • Speechly Bircham
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 9 2012

There are many different ways to support a worthwhile cause

Tax reliefs available on charitable gifts

  • Speechly Bircham
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 9 2012

The Government encourages individuals and businesses to give to charities and offers a range of incentives, (income tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax) for either the donor or the charity or both