Changes to Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme
In the Budget, the Chancellor announced that the maximum annual donation that can be claimed through the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS) will increase from £5,000 to £8,000 from April 2016. This will allow charities and CASCs to claim Gift Aid style top-up payments of up to £2,000 a year (£10,000 x 20%).
The GASDS was introduced on 6 April 2013. The scheme allows qualifying charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) to claim a top-up equivalent to Gift Aid on small donations of money made without a Gift Aid declaration. A small donation is defined as a donation of £20 or less in cash. Donations made by cheque, credit card, text or bank transfer do not count.
The aim of the GASDS is to allow charities to claim a Gift Aid style payment on donations received in circumstances where it is difficult to collect donors' details (such as a bucket collection) or where donors may be reluctant to give them.
A GASDS claim can’t be more than 10 times a Gift Aid claim, eg a charity can claim on £1,000 worth of donations through GASDS if they have received £100 of Gift Aid donations in the same tax year.
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