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Gift Aid warning to non-tax payers

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  • zygurat789
    zygurat789 Posts: 4,263 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Savvy_Sue wrote: »
    oh yes, I remember Deeds of Covenant!!!

    Great tax avoidance measure
    The only thing that is constant is change.
  • Savvy_Sue
    Savvy_Sue Posts: 47,633 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Well, Gift Aid helped us get Child Tax Credits for longer than we'd have done if those payments had been included in our income! At the time I was mildly frustrated that the same didn't apply to other means-tested scenarios, like student finance ...
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