Charity - Pay less (or nowt) give more discussion

Savvy_Sue

rjocal wrote: »

Far better to go direct to the charity's own website and let them have all your hard earned cash - and the tax you paid on it - by cutting out the middle man!

Fine, IF the charity has online giving facilities via their website. Which ours does not, and does not intend to get.

The costs of implementing and maintaining a secure online giving facility aren't trivial: if a charity has them, SOME of your gift will be going towards this, even if you don't see it happening.

GiveItBack

ekekiman wrote: »

In case anyone's missed it there's a large web site entirely devoted to this topic (how to give effectively to charity), with transparency rankings and descriptions of 600 charities:

http://www.intelligentgiving.com

I'm not the biggest fan of intelligent giving, although it does have some good advice, some potential benefits, and strong ambitions.

everyclick

It's true that third party sites (like Everyclick) take some form of payment from donations and other fundraising.

In Everyclick's case it's because we need to pay for the card services which allow people to donate to any registered UK charity online, even if the charity does not have its own online payment facility.

Everyclick takes 4.8% before Gift Aid is added, but we don't charge charities a penny to use the site unlike other sites which makes Everyclick the best value for charities.

portal

Just phoned my tax office. They say form P810 has been discontinued, and that if you are a higher rate tax payer and wish to claim the 20% difference between the gift-aid rebate to the charty and your nominal rate of tax, then you need to write to them with a letter - confirming your sources of income, and any donations.

rootie_2

same. tax office said 'they did not get them delivered this year".....! and also the form is not available online...
however they said it can be donw over the phone
same with claiming back professional sunscriptions

serendipity2706

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this already, but , if you are having a clearout, or regularly take stuff to charity shops, you can fill in a form there and get a card which you show each time you donate. They put a sticker on the article and can claim back tax on the sale price when they sell it. Costs nothing and adds 25% extra to the sale for them

Savvy_Sue

serendipity2706 wrote: »

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this already, but , if you are having a clearout, or regularly take stuff to charity shops, you can fill in a form there and get a card which you show each time you donate. They put a sticker on the article and can claim back tax on the sale price when they sell it. Costs nothing and adds 25% extra to the sale for them

You can do this in many charity shops, but not all. Worth knowing, however, because even the ones that do operate GA on shop donations don't all think to ask everyone who brings in a bag every time!