The next CTG Observer Member Meeting will take place on Tuesday 31 October 2017, 14.00-17.00 at the Wellcome Trust (Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE).

*This event is for CTG Observer Members only*

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Agenda

13:45: Welcome and coffee

14.00: VAT updates

•  Making Tax Digital for VAT
• Advertising
• Grants and contracts/Sponsorship guidance
• Review of recent and forthcoming case law
• Brexit and Commission proposals on VAT reform
• Penalties for participation in VAT fraud

15:15: CTG Updates

• Updating the Charity Tax Map online
• Commentary pieces for the website
• Regional meetings and working groups
• 2018 subscriptions

15.25: Coffee break and networking

15.35: Other tax issues

• Business rates
• Apprenticeship Levy
• Community Infrastructure Levy
• Tax Strategy document
• Corporate Criminal Offence for facilitating tax evasion
• HMRC Trust Register

16:00: Giving updates

• Updates from the Gift Aid practical issues working group including donor education through online fundraising/fundraising packs and “gone-aways”
• Audit process for Gift Aid on text donations
• Retail Gift Aid updates following meeting with HMRC
• HMRC working groups on the future of Gift Aid and Gift Aid donor benefits
• FRC guidance on gift aid payments made by a subsidiary to its parent charity
• Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme
• Living Legacies