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- Capital allowance full expensing: Not always the best choice for a charitable owned trading subsidiary
- Charity Tax Group Budget Submission 2024
- Migration of Facebook / Instagram Fundraising to PayPal Giving Fund
- Autumn Statement 2023
- Government Consultation of Business Rates
- HMRC Charity Tax Compliance Consultation – July 2023
- Charity Tax Group – Treasurer vacancy
- Charitable rates relief, multiple sites and public benefit – Supreme Court decision
- HMRC tax scam warning
- Tax Administration and Maintenance Day 2023
- RETAIL GIFT AID: NEW SIMPLIFIED END-OF-YEAR LETTERS
- Spring Budget 2023
- Charity Tax Group Budget Submission 2023
- OTS Review of hybrid and distance working – Call for evidence
- OTS publishes report following review of hybrid and distance working
- Spring Budget 2023 representations
- Update on the Charity Tax Group’s work and impact in 2022
- Charity Tax Group key principles
- Sylvie Nunn
- CTG Expert Insight Session – Charity tax round-up (16 November 2022)
- Autumn Statement 2022 – implications for charities
- New VAT penalties and VAT interest charges
- APPG on Philanthropy and Social Investment report on “Unleashing the potential of philanthropy and social investment”
- Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme funding protected until 2025
- Charity Tax Relief statistics consultation
- CTG writes to Ministers requesting investment in the Future of Gift Aid project
- CTG Expert Insight Session: Employment taxes – current pitfalls for the unwary (25 October 2022)
- HMRC guidance on loan waivers updated to clarify requirements for being a qualifying donation for Gift Aid
- HMCTS response to charity query on probate raised at HMRC Charity Tax Forum
- Chancellor brings forward further Medium-Term Fiscal Plan measures
- Gift Aid template letter for the end of year
- CTG Annual Members Meeting (1 November 2022)
- HMRC request for feedback on claiming Gift Aid
- Government announces “Medium-Term Fiscal Plan” on 23 November 2022 and Spring Budget 2023
- Updates to HMRC VAT Notices
- Mini-Budget 2022 – Government publishes “Growth Plan”
- National Insurance increase reversed and Health and Social Care Levy to be scrapped
- Government outlines plans to help cut energy bills for businesses
- CTG Expert Insight Session – Salary sacrifice and electric vehicles
- OECD Pillar 2 – HM Treasury Consultation on Implementation
- Treasury Committee Inquiry into Tax Reliefs
- HMRC publishes charity tax relief statistics
- OTS Review of simplification: Approach and interpretation
- Third Party Fundraising Platforms and Gift Aid – feedback from HMRC
- CTG Expert Insight Session – Update on the JustGiving/SwiftAid Gift Aid integration (14 July 2022)
- Approved Mileage Allowance Payments – update from HMRC
- CTG Expert Insight Session – the relationship between charities and their tax advisers
- Business Rates Revaluation 2023: Consultation on the transitional arrangements
- Revenue and Customs Brief 10 (2022): VAT — business and non-business activities
- Charities respond to the Online Sales Tax consultation
- Template Letters for Gift Aid at the end of tax year (Retail Gift Aid)
- CTG update – Queen’s Speech, May 2022
- Gift Aid and the naming of buildings
- CTG proposal for charitable status
- VAT costs for “Concert for Ukraine” tickets donated to Charity Appeal
- Could you be one of the Charity Tax Group’s next Board Members?
- Spring Statement 2022
- CTG Expert Insight Session – Employment tax considerations for charities at the end of the tax year
- OTS Review of Simplification
- Online Sales Tax consultation
- Business Rates – CTG Expert Insight Session (23 February 2022)
- London based charities – claim your funded one-year membership contribution to the Charity Tax Group!
- Levelling Up White Paper published
- Notification of uncertain tax treatment
- EY Future of VAT in the UK survey
- Payroll Giving: “Will Cinderella ever come to the ball?” – CTG Expert Insight Session (18 January 2022)
- EU Commission’s proposal to review VAT rates
- Tax Administration and Maintenance Day 2021
- Tax for smaller charities – CTG Expert Insight Session (1 December 2021)
- Tax Administration and Maintenance Day – 30 November 2021
- Update on the Charity Tax Group’s work and impact in 2021
- Future of the tax system – CTG Expert Insight Session
- Charity tax relief statistics 2020-21
- Autumn Budget 2021 – implications for charities
- CTG Annual Members Meeting (21 October 2021)
- Penalties for late submission
- Letter to the voluntary sector from HMRC’s Head of Cyber Security
- Autumn Budget 2021 – CTG submission
- Preparing for the end of the Job Retention Scheme – FAQs
- Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA) delayed
- Ministerial reshuffle (September 2021)
- Health and Social Care Levy
- Extension of Making Tax Digital for VAT to all VAT registered businesses
- Revenue and Customs Brief 11 (2021): VAT liability of coronavirus (COVID-19) testing services
- Creative industries tax relief statistics 2020-21
- Gift Aid Awareness Day (7 October)
- Finance Bill 2021-22: draft legislation and tax documents
- OTS report highlights the importance of HMRC working with the charity sector to use third party data to maximise Gift Aid claims
- 130 countries and jurisdictions join bold new framework for international tax reform
- Subsidy Control legislation and policy papers published
- FINAL REMINDER: Could you be one of the Charity Tax Group’s next Board Members?
- CTG Expert Insight session: Gift Aid – HMRC user research (10 June)
- Finance Act 2021
- Gift Aid on donations received via Facebook
- Request a speaker on charity tax issues
- CTG VAT Practical Issues Working Group
- OTS to explore potential for moving the end of the tax year
- Tackling the Gift Aid gap – new integration between JustGiving and SwiftAid (27 May 2021)
- Monthly bulletin: Charity tax – What you need to know (Registration)
- Changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- Queen’s Speech 2021
- The Law Family Commission on Civil Society – Call for evidence on the potential of civil society
- Gift Aid and contactless donations – SwiftAid presentation to CTG’s Gift Aid practical issues working group
- New HMRC guidance on claiming Gift Aid on Waived Refunds and Loan Repayments
- Making Tax Digital for VAT – Digital links session with HMRC including Q&A
- HMRC Concessions for Retail Gift Aid May 2021
- Wellcome Trust VAT case – HMRC to appeal
- Charity VAT updates – April 2021
- Key tax developments from April 2021
- VAT treatment of humanitarian and associated research funding – clarifications from HMRC on the application of published guidance
- Deferral of VAT payments due to the coronavirus crisis
- Coronavirus information hub for charity tax and finance professionals
- Fiscal environment and tax landscape for charities following the Budget (30 March 2021)
- HMRC Agent Updates for Making Tax Digital – issue 15 published
- Tax Day 2021
- Revenue and Customs Brief 4: partially exempt VAT registered businesses affected by coronavirus (COVID-19)
- BEIS guidance on Restart Grants published
- Support for organisations in Northern Ireland in response to COVID-19
- Charity Tax Group Members Meeting and AGM (24 March 2021): A thank you to John Hemming and our vision for the future
- Upper Tribunal supports VAT zero rating for electronic newspapers
- Business rates: Expanded Retail Discount 2021-2022
- Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS) – submission of separate donations can be permissible
- COVID-19 business grant allowances increased unlocking £millions of extra funding for charities
- COVID-19 business loans and support measures
- Extension of Making Tax Digital for VAT to all VAT registered businesses from April 2022
- Budget 2021 – implications for charities
- Brexit information hub for charity tax and finance professionals
- Farrer & Co podcast reviews Charity Tax Group Budget submission
- Tax reform needed to address unsustainable public finances, warns Treasury Committee
- Business grants data published by BEIS
- Supporting organisations to comply with changes to the off-payroll working rules
- Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme renewed
- Charity tax statistics 2019-20
- Business Rates (24 February 2021)
- “Tax Day” to follow after the Budget
- Quantifying the impact of COVID-19 on Gift Aid claims
- Scottish Budget 2021-22
- Brexit (27 January 2021)
- Claiming Gift Aid on tickets for events cancelled due to COVID-19
- Charity Tax Group Budget submission 2021
- Summary of existing economic support
- Government response to the consultation on expanding the Dormant Assets Scheme
- COVID-19 Business Rates Reliefs and Grant Funding available [England only]
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): business support grant funding guidance
- The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
- New COVID-19 lockdown grants announced
- Local Restrictions Support Grant
- New research shows charities lose nearly £2bn a year in VAT
- Spending Review 2020
- Government provides Tax Policy Update – November 2020
- Invitation to the launch of new research on the impact of VAT on charities (3 December 2020)
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme guidance hub for employers and employees
- New off-payroll working rules – Statutory Instruments
- Furlough Scheme Extended and Further Economic Support announced
- Clarification on the VAT treatment of supplies to laboratories
- Job Support Scheme Policy Paper
- Plan for Jobs: Chancellor increases financial support for businesses and workers
- House of Commons Public Accounts Committee: Tackling the tax gap
- OTS Claims and Elections review
- ICAEW Virtual Charity Tax Update 2020
- Job Support Scheme expanded
- Support Gift Aid Awareness Day – 8 October 2020
- Job Retention Bonus – policy paper
- Job Support Scheme Factsheet
- VAT domestic reverse charge for building and construction services
- Charity Tax Group: Volunteer PR/Communications Adviser Opportunity
- Gift Aid Awareness Day campaign pack published
- Kruger Report: Levelling up our Communities
- Winter Economy Plan
- New Charity Tax Group technical groups – request for expressions of interest
- Treasury Committee inquiry into ‘Tax after coronavirus’ – joint charity sector response
- Scotland – Budget 2021-22: Supporting the COVID-19 Recovery
- HMRC publish updated Creative Tax Reliefs guidance
- Kickstart Scheme opens for applications
- Funding available through the Culture Recovery Fund
- VAT status of charity advertising
- Culture Recovery Fund grants
- Creative industries tax relief statistics 2019-20
- Eat Out to Help Out Scheme – registration and claiming details
- Proposal to replace the Community Infrastructure Levy with a consolidated Infrastructure Levy
- VAT implications of COVID-19 related use of RCP/RRP buildings
- Detailed guidance on VAT liability of supplies of e-publications
- Charities rally behind call for boost to Gift Aid
- New proposals for tackling promoters and enablers of tax avoidance schemes
- Finance Bill 2020-21 draft legislation and tax documents
- HMRC’s plan to “build a trusted, modern tax administration system”
- Chancellor launches 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review
- Charities call for Gift Aid Emergency Relief – add your support to the campaign!
- Government funding packages available to charities
- Public Accounts Committee calls on Government to account for tax giveaways
- Temporary reduced rate of VAT for hospitality, holiday accommodation and attractions
- Engagement and lobbying activity by the Charity Tax Group during the COVID-19 crisis
- Government responds to off-payroll working report
- Summer Economic Update 2020: Plan for Jobs
- Changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme from 1 July 2020
- Job Retention Scheme: Claims periods and addressing errors in claims
- Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund – open to small charities
- Charity Tax Group’s work in 2020: Review of the year so far
- Scottish Government support for organisations in response to COVID-19
- Welsh Government support for organisations in response to COVID-19
- Temporary VAT zero rating for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- VAT zero rating of e-publications to be effective from 1 May 2020
- Update on tax policy documents and consultations – delays due to COVID-19
- Breakdown of business rates reliefs for charities in England
- Company filings, AGMs and other general meetings during Covid-19
- Accounting Requirements for the Creative Industry Tax Reliefs
- Gift Aid on donations freely given to charities and CASCs while membership subscriptions have been suspended
- Employer provided living accommodation exemption will not apply to “representative occupier” posts from April 2021
- Guidance on claiming back Statutory Sick Pay paid to employees due to coronavirus
- Digital links requirements for Making Tax Digital for VAT postponed until April 2021
- Check which expenses are taxable if your employee works from home due to coronavirus
- Finance Bill 2020
- CTG calls on the Chancellor to provide immediate support for charities through the tax system during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Consultation on notification of uncertain tax treatment by large businesses
- Off-payroll working rules delayed for one year
- European Commission proposes temporary framework to extend state aid measures
- HMRC engages with Gift Aid for Sport Relief
- Budget 2020 – implications for charities
- Creative Industries Tax Reliefs post-Brexit
- House of Lords call for evidence on state aid and establishing a level playing field
- Government response to Treasury Committee business rates inquiry
- Outcome of the review of the implementation of off-payroll working (IR35) reforms
- Charity Tax Group Budget 2020 Submission
- HMRC Brief confirms position on VAT treatment of digital publications has not changed
- Updated guidance on Corporation Tax reliefs
- Nuffield Health business rates case – wholly or mainly charitable purposes test
- Government reshuffle – new Charity Tax Minister confirmed
- NAO report on HMT/HMRC management of tax expenditures
- OTS: Claims and elections review consultation and scoping document
- Off-payroll working rules will apply only to payments made for services provided on or after 6 April 2020
- Scottish Budget 2020-2021
- Changes to the Employment Allowance from April 2020
- £3m Village Hall fund
- Recap: January 2020 – charity tax developments
- Is your charity ready for changes to the IR35/off-payroll working rules from April 2020?
- EU Commission publishes 2020 Work Programme
- APPG recommends reform to inheritance tax
- Parliamentary Question on VAT on electronic publishing
- Report claims Making Tax Digital is not achieving its goals
- Business rates updates including Retail Discount increase and planned review in England
- VAT case law tracker
- Government response to Cairncross Review proposals on VAT zero rating for e-newspapers and charitable status for local journalism
- European Commission publishes “level playing field” principles for UK-EU trade negotiations
- Geographical distribution of Gift Aid
- HMRC Charity Tax Forum
- Duty classification of mastectomy bras
- Business rates appeal affecting museums dismissed
- Budget 2020 to be published on 11 March
- HMRC consolidates guidance on taxing living accommodation given to employees
- Changes to tax rules for call off stock arrangements between member states
- Queen’s Speech 2019 (December)
- Welsh Government: £6bn funding settlement for Welsh councils
- NHS Foundation Trusts not eligible for charity rates relief
- Review of the last decade – CTG secures important improvements to the tax system for charities
- 2019 election results confirmed – recap of Conservative Party finance/tax proposals
- What to expect from a statutory review of an HMRC decision
- CTG’s work in 2019: Review of the year
- Corporate Criminal Offence – implications for incorporated small charities
- Election manifestos published – tax proposals
- Do you need to prepare for off-payroll working (IR35)?
- Business rates relief statistics for England 2018-19
- IFS: English local government funding: trends and challenges in 2019 and beyond
- Charity Tax Group launches national VAT research survey
- Policy papers on the taxation of transactions involving cryptoassets
- Turnover test for IR35 excludes donation and other voluntary income
- Scottish Government publish annual non-domestic rates relief stats
- Listed Places of Worship Grant extended to 2021
- Treasury Committee calls for review of business rates reliefs in England to assess whether they remain necessary
- HMRC off-payroll working (IR35) guidance
- Budget announcement on 6 November 2019 cancelled
- Brexit Withdrawal Agreement
- Extension of Making Tax Digital “soft landing” period where implementing digital links in time is unachievable
- [Archive] VAT and digital advertising – update from HMRC
- Probate fees dispute update
- Queen’s Speech 2019 (October)
- Making Tax Digital: “mythbuster” for charities
- Preparations for a potential “no-deal” Brexit
- Draft Explanatory notes on VAT ‘quick fixes’ published
- Making Tax Digital – make sure that your charity is ready
- European Union: Hearing of Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner-designate for Economy (Tax)
- Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill backed by Local Government and Communities Committee
- Gift Aid Awareness Day – 3 October 2019 #tickthebox
- Office of Tax Simplification – progress since its VAT report
- Where are we now with Gift Aid? Podcast with CTG’s Vice Chairman
- Expert commentary archive
- Inheritance tax statistics
- IPPR report on maximising Scotland’s local tax powers
- Fundraising Regulator investigations – September 2019
- Round-up of parliamentary questions – Summer/Autumn 2019
- Spending Round 2019
- HMRC guidance on VAT refunds schemes for certain charities updated
- Irish VAT refund scheme for charities
- VAT treatment of energy-saving materials and heating equipment
- Review of the VAT exemption for cost sharing groups in the social housing sector
- Spending Round/Queen’s Speech updates
- VAT on lost space of bathroom and washroom conversions for disabled people
- HMRC: EORI update
- HMRC webinars: Guidance on topical tax issues
- Tax planning and incapacity
- Chancellor announces “fast-tracked” spending review
- HMRC updates Gift Aid Donor Benefits guidance
- Creative industries tax relief statistics 2018-19
- Government reshuffle – new Charity Tax Minister and Minister for Civil Society confirmed
- HMRC Powers and Taxpayer Safeguards
- Charity Tax Commission report published
- Influencing policy on charity taxation
- Digital Services Tax consultation – unlikely to affect charities
- CTG VAT research project – presentation to the BUFDG Tax Conference
- Charity tax statistics 2018-19
- CTG working group on the “Future of Gift Aid”
- Tax Gap data published by HMRC
- Workplace parking levy in Scotland – Transport (Scotland Bill)
- Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill
- New legislation to increase regularity of property revaluations for business rates
- Labour Party’s Civil Society Strategy launched
- Charities notified by HMRC about future tax return request
- Gift Aid fraudster jailed: cautionary tale for charities
- HMRC statistics show a decrease in the use of Social Investment Tax Relief
- Gift Aid: HMRC feedback on common errors and frequent questions to the Charities Helpline
- Important clarifications from HMRC on Gift Aid and data
- NICs on termination payments
- Making Tax Digital: Key things that your charity needs to know
- Retail Gift Aid – end of year letters to be sent by 31 May 2019
- OTS report on simplifying the tax system for smaller businesses
- Making Tax Digital Case Study
- Making Tax Digital VAT Notice updated including guidance on charity fundraising events
- Living accommodation benefit in kind changes for University employees?
- Non-Domestic Rates (Preparation for Digital Services) Bill introduced
- Aggregated donations limit clarified
- HMRC Charity Tax Forum – February 2019 meeting minutes published
- Signing up to Making Tax Digital for VAT
- Charity Tax Group Annual Review 2018-19
- Charity Tax Group Annual Tax Conference 2019
- Exchequer Secretary of the Treasury speech to the CTG Conference
- Charity Commission probes charity with significant tax liability
- Making Tax Digital: Digital links and e-mails
- JustGiving announces removal of platform fees and optional Gift Aid service
- April 2019 changes and deadlines
- Spring Statement 2019
- Making Tax Digital for VAT – software solutions from CTG Observer Members and other providers
- Welsh Government’s Tax Policy Work Plan for 2019
- How prevalent is Gift Aid fraud? Two prosecutions last year
- Get a UK EORI number to trade within the EU
- Apply for “advance assurance” from HMRC for Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR)
- Making Tax Digital – sorting fact from fiction
- Organisations permitted to transfer 25% of Apprenticeship Levy payment from April 2019
- Updates from the Charity Tax Forum – 18 February 2019
- Charitable business rates relief in England 2017-18 increases to £1.9bn
- Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme increase approved
- Finance Act 2019 comes into force
- Scottish based charities claimed £80m of Gift Aid last year
- Devolved Income Tax Rates (Consequential Amendments) Order 2018
- CTG Tax Conference (4 April 2019) – Robert Jenrick, XST, confirmed as keynote speaker
- Charity Tax Group Treasurer vacancy – apply today!
- Welsh Government to consult on removing charitable rates relief for private schools and hospitals
- Scottish Budget 2019-20 – agreement reached
- HMRC statistics on the total cost of tax reliefs
- Spring Statement – 13 March 2019
- European Commission’s transition to qualified majority voting on EU tax policy
- “Soft landing” period for MTD digital links requirement extended for organisations with a later start date
- Commons questions on special tax treatment for social impact costs
- The Cup Trust inquiry results
- Charities encouraged to submit full forename details on Gift Aid claims where possible
- Deferred mandation date for Making Tax Digital for some charities
- What did the Charity Tax Group do for charities in 2018?
- Land value taxation in Scotland
- CCNI inquiry report into charity facing major HMRC tax bill
- ECCVAT publishes recommendations on European VAT changes
- Government to donate VAT on X Factor charity song to children’s charities
- Government responds on calls to reform CIL
- Making Tax Digital updates
- Brexit updates
- Charity Commission inquiry into charities over concerns about Gift Aid claims
- Online guide to completing Gift Aid donations schedules
- European Council approves zero rating of e-publications
- VAT refund scheme for museums and galleries deadline extended
- Increases to charities’ small trading exemption limits
- CTG and CRA welcome relaxation of the rules on retail Gift Aid letters in the Budget
- Intermediaries and Gift Aid fees
- Budget 2018 – implications for charities
- New powers to vary Welsh Income Tax rates – implications for Gift Aid
- Campaign to introduce Charitable Remainder Gifts in the UK
- JustGiving announces consultation with charities on Gift Aid charges
- Charities SORP update bulletin published
- Study measures impact of increased cost of Insurance Premium Tax
- Guidance for taxpayers – report by the Office of Tax Simplification
- HMRC confirms charity compliance checks by telephone can be genuine
- Review of the Apprenticeship Levy announced
- Gift Aid and coffee mornings/bake sales – message from the Minister
- CTG makes Budget 2018 submission
- Gift Aid awareness day (4 October 2018)
- HMRC issues reminder to prepare for Making Tax Digital
- European Commission notice on the possible VAT consequences of Brexit
- Liberal Democrats support proposal to abolish business rates
- Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018
- Parliamentary Committee calls for a review of the Community Infrastructure Levy
- Minutes of the Charity Tax Forum meeting on 7 June 2018 published
- Abolition of Class 2 NICs postponed
- Scottish Government: Programme for Scotland 2018-19
- Guidance in the event of a “no-deal” Brexit
- Gift Aid where sponsorship is taken out in the name of the donor and as a gift for a third party
- Local Government business rates retention pilots
- Cost of processing Gift Aid claims
- Office of Tax Simplification Annual Report 2017-18
- Creative industries tax reliefs 2017-18
- University of Cambridge VAT case – CJEU referral questions
- Transferring unspent Apprenticeship Levy funds
- HMRC guidance on Making Tax Digital for VAT
- Making Tax Digital: interest harmonisation and sanctions for late payment
- Draft Finance Bill 2018-19 published
- Draft legistation to introduce a two tier (relevant value) threshold for Gift Aid donor benefits published
- ZipVit VAT case – Appeal decision
- Charities reminded of the importance of fulfilling their tax obligations
- Unspent apprenticeship levy funds
- VAT on listed buildings renovation
- Charity tax statistics 2017-18
- Tax gap estimates for 2016/17 published
- Tax relief on charity donations
- EESC Opinion on European Commission VAT proposal
- PwC to offer free MTD software for charities
- CTG Annual Review 2017/18 – Making Charity Tax Digital
- CTG Annual Tax Conference 2018 – Slides
- VAT waiver grant funding for accident rescue organisations
- Online fundraising platform fees and Gift Aid
- Relief for charities undertaking building works
- Rating and Council Tax Bill 2017-19
- Making Tax Digital updates (including permitted adjustments) following discussions with HMRC
- Open University report on the Apprenticeship Levy
- University of Cambridge VAT and investment management fees case referred to the CJEU
- European Commission proposals on VAT rates – feedback from ECCVAT
- CTG welcomes efforts to increase Gift Aid take-up
- Charity retail Gift Aid claims
- Recent Parliamentary questions
- Spring Statement 2018
- Implications of GDPR for Gift Aid
- Orchestra Tax Relief claim stencil
- Trust Registration Service – penalties for late registration
- Scottish Budget passed – implications for Gift Aid and pension tax relief
- Making Tax Digital Regulations published
- Greenisland Football Club VAT case – FTT decision
- Chancellor calls for a review of inheritance tax
- Share your feedback with CTG
- NAO/University of Birmingham Tax Centre launches with Gift Aid case study
- Draft guidance for charities working with non-charitable organisations
- MEPs discuss European Commission VAT proposals
- Ministerial reshuffle – new Minister responsible for charity taxation
- Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes for VAT and other indirect taxes
- Recent CTG Newsletters
- Registering a Charitable Authorised Investment Fund
- Scottish Draft Budget 2018-19 – implications for Gift Aid and business rates
- Charities and VAT reform
- HMRC Trusts Registration Service – Update: informal deadline extension
- Financial Reporting Council amendments to FRS 102
- Draft regulations clarify CIL liability for section 73 permissions
- Draft regulations clarify CIL liability for section 73 permissions
- Taxation of employee expenses – summary of responses
- Charity Tax Commission
- New CTG Business rates working group
- Compliance checks: information about the general anti-abuse rule – CC/FS34a
- The new Budget timetable and the tax policy making process
- Impact of Making Tax Digital – update from HMRC
- Finance Bill 2017-18 published
- VAT Information Sheet 07/17: construction services and zero-rated relief
- X Factor charity song 2017: Chancellor to donate VAT to children’s charities
- Barclay Review of Non-Domestic Rates in Scotland
- CTG Regional Meeting in Manchester – 27 November 2017
- Autumn Budget 2017 – Implications for charities
- Tax Strategy – turnover does not include donation income
- Charities Online: service availability updates
- Civil Society Strategy announced
- CTG Regional Meeting in Cardiff – 16 November 2017
- HMRC clarifies reporting requirements for charities under Making Tax Digital for VAT
- Mendoza Review of museums including details on tax reliefs
- Impact of Insurance Premium Tax on UK households
- Uber case relating to employment status
- Retail Gift Aid survey
- HMRC guidance on resolving tax disputes updated
- Social Investment Tax Relief statistics
- Littlewoods case on compound interest
- Charity Tax Group – Change of Bank Details
- HMRC guidance updated to confirm that CASCS cannot claim Gift Aid on membership subscriptions
- CTG secures confirmation from HMRC that eligible charities can continue to submit accounts in PDF form
- Budget Archive – key announcements affecting charities
- Parliamentary question on administration of Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR)
- Parliamentary question on business rates relief for small charities
- EU Customs Bill White Paper
- European Commission proposes VAT reform
- Welsh tax bands published
- Regulators discuss online charitable giving
- Autumn Budget (22 November 2017) – CTG publishes submission
- CJEU judgments on EU VAT cost sharing exemption
- Parliamentary question on NICs and voluntary work
- VAT and accident rescue charities – Parliamentary question
- Guidance on registering as an employer/training provider for the Apprenticeship Service
- EU Withdrawal Bill
- VAT Notice 48: Extra Statutory Concessions
- Finance (no. 2) Bill 2017-19 published
- HMRC salary sacrifice guidance updated
- Employment status and entitlement to statutory holiday pay
- Letters to the OTS from the Chancellor on SDLT
- US tax exemption revoked for over 200 UK charities
- Post-Brexit customs agreement proposal
- eBay to introduce VAT charges for UK sellers
- Parliamentary question on ways to increase charitable giving from higher-rate taxpayers
- Theatre Tax Relief statistics published
- Finance Bill update – including Museum & Galleries Tax Relief
- New Making Tax Digital timeline – reporting only mandatory for businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold
- Andrew Jones confirmed as the Treasury Minister responsible for charity taxation
- Gift Aid intermediaries guidance published
- Parliamentary question on tax allowances
- Charity tax statistics 2016-17
- Spanish State Aid case related to tax exemptions for the Roman Catholic Church
- Charity Commission to tackle business rates avoidance
- Queen’s Speech 2017
- CTG Regional Meeting – Birmingham 19 June 2017
- Economic and Financial Affairs Council (16 June 2017)
- Outcome of disciplinary cases in connection with The Cup Trust
- Reduced VAT rate for e-publications approved by European Parliament
- Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) increases to 12%
- Assessing the impact of recent Gift Aid changes
- Inheritance Tax Calculator updated
- Apprenticeship Service accounts active
- First Common Reporting Standard deadline – 31 May 2017
- CJEU rules in favour of Brockenhurst on education VAT exemption
- Reduced VAT rate for e-publications
- CTG meeting in Leeds – presentation slides
- Museum and Galleries Tax Relief implementation postponed due to the election
- Apprenticeship Levy update: VAT exemption and issues with suppliers/grantees
- Parliamentary debate on Insurance Premium Tax increases – charity exemption ruled out again
- Making Tax Digital proposals dropped from Finance Bill
- Procurement of apprenticeship training providers for non-levy payers paused
- Compliance checks: visits by agreement or advance notice – CC/FS3
- Effect of IR35 changes on charities
- VAT appeals – Updates from HMRC
- HMRC audits/tax reviews
- Arts Council guidance on Museums and Galleries Tax Relief
- Company Tax Return (CT600) 2017 guide published
- CAF UK Giving report finds 52% of donors interviewed used Gift Aid
- Changes to the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme rules
- 30 year anniversary of payroll giving
- HMRC publishes Helpbook 480: Expenses and benefits for 2017
- CGT relief for gifts to charity – 2017 helpsheet published
- Welsh Land Transaction Tax Bill passed
- Old £5 note to be withdrawn from circulation
- Tax changes effective from 6 April 2017
- Cost-sharing VAT exemption cases
- Commons’ business rates inquiry
- Institute for Apprenticeships starts work
- Payroll Giving analysis published
- Charity accounts templates launched
- Devolution of certain tax powers to Welsh Assembly
- Volunteers and VAT – European Parliament question
- Education committee publishes Apprenticeship Levy report
- CTG Tax Conference 2017 – Speech by the Minister, presentations and feedback
- Great Repeal Bill White Paper
- Tampon Tax fund recipients announced
- Article 50 triggered
- OTS tax complexity papers updated
- Museums and Galleries VAT refund legislation
- Extending our reach: CTG Annual Review 2016-17
- New £1 coin enters circulation
- European tax policy survey published
- Charity closed after failed attempt to benefit from business rates scheme
- ECOFIN debates proposal to extend reduced VAT rate to e-publications
- Tax yield from accident and rescue charities
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2017 published
- House of Commons debate on Brexit and charities
- ONS statistics on the value of volunteering
- Making Tax Digital for Business: House of Lords Report Published
- Treasury approves Charity Commission consultation on charging fees to charities
- Charity Commission finance guidance for the trustees (CC25) updated
- Register of apprenticeship training providers launched
- Reminder of forthcoming tax and finance changes
- Chancellor reverses Budget decision to increase National Insurance for self-employed people
- Minutes of the HMRC Charity Tax Forum – 5 January 2017
- EU Withdrawal Bill – Royal Assent
- Insurance Premium Tax increase for charities – response from the Government
- CJEU case on VAT and e-books
- Business rates discretionary relief fund
- HMRC updates fit and proper persons declaration and guidance for charity managers
- CTG calls for a review of the planned Insurance Premium Tax increase
- Guardian article on the implications of the Durham Cathedral VAT case
- £2 billion of dormant assets to be used to support charity and voluntary sector funding
- Making Tax Digital software
- Scottish Parliament tax rate vote
- Finance Bill 2017
- Church property, tax relief and State Aid
- CTG submits evidence on Making Tax Digital proposals to Lords’ committee
- DCLG projections on value of charitable business rates relief 2017-18 in England
- CJEU judgment on the British Film Institute (BFI) case on the VAT cultural services exemption
- Registration open for online apprenticeship service
- Welsh Government publishes apprenticeship policy
- University of Newcastle case on VAT on overseas agents
- Written Statement – The Welsh Revenue Authority
- Dominic Raab MP report on simplifying the tax code
- UK tax after the EU referendum – Research briefing
- Parliamentary questions on business rates and charities
- Making Tax Digital reporting requirements – summary of consultation responses
- New guidance for intermediaries processing Gift Aid
- Common Reporting Standard webinar for charities (2 February 2017)
- Devolution of tax powers to London?
- Gift Aid and Self Assessment webinar by AccountingWEB
- Brexit process updates
- CTG Chairman attends charity taxation roundtable with the Financial Secretary to the Treasury
- Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on the tax system
- Treasury Committee recommends delaying Making Tax Digital
- Better Budgets – Making Tax Policy Better
- Government believes greater VAT rate flexibility is appropriate for e-books
- Discretionary business rates relief for charities
- Tampon Tax Fund recipients revealed
- Charity Commission publishes revised regulatory statement
- Treasury begins countdown to new £1 coin
- Scottish Government confirms plans for Apprenticeship Levy
- Office of Tax Simplification sets out next steps
- Updated list of approved Payroll Giving Agencies
- Date confirmed for Spring Budget (8 March 2017)
- Apprenticeship Levy payments guidance and payroll technical specifications
- Scottish Budget 2017-18
- Local Charities Day: 16 December 2016
- The Donations to Charity (Gift Aid Declarations) Regulations 2016 [Intermediaries]
- Office of Tax Simplification review of VAT
- Small Charitable Donations Bill – Lords stages
- Chancellor waives VAT on charity singles
- Parliamentary question on the Social Investment Tax Relief
- Draft Finance Bill 2017 published
- Gift Aid and Intermediaries
- Aligning the primary and secondary National Insurance contributions thresholds
- Museum and Galleries Tax Relief update
- Parliamentary questions on the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme
- Upper Tribunal hearing on VAT and temporary workers (Adecco v HMRC) this week
- Scottish Income Tax powers – interaction with Gift Aid
- Tampon Tax Fund applications open
- Northern Ireland Business Rates review
- Apprenticeship Levy – expiry of digital account funds
- Value of business rates relief for charities in England increased by £82m in 2015-16
- Small Charitable Donations Bill update
- OTS report calls for NICS and Income Tax to be brought closer together
- Apprenticeship Levy – devolved administrations update
- Small Charitable Donations Bill – Report Stage on 15 November
- HMRC clarifies Common Reporting Standard guidance
- New Director of the Office of Tax Simplification
- CTG BBC radio interview on the wider implications of the Longridge VAT case
- Support for businesses on introduction of the new £1 coin
- Making Tax Digital webinar
- Apprenticeship Levy funding reforms webinar
- CTG Regional Meeting held in Cambridge
- Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme – Take-up £79m lower than originally predicted
- Apprenticeship Levy – Final funding policy published
- New resource to help charities tackle fraud
- Northern Ireland business rates review
- Tax Gap statistics published
- Apprenticeship Levy on track for implementation
- CTG Briefing on the Small Charitable Donations Bill 2016 (Committee Stage)
- New Shadow Minister for Civil Society confirmed
- Correspondence with the Minister responsible for the Apprenticeship Levy
- Review of the VAT treatment of Irish charities announced
- Inclusive Economy Unit opened at DCMS
- New campaign to promote Payroll Giving
- Conservative Party Conference 2016 – Summary
- AG Opinion in the British Film Institute (BFI) VAT case
- Labour Party Conference 2016 – Summary
- Liberal Democrat Autumn Party Conference 2016 – Summary
- Addressing financial difficulties within a charity
- Possible VAT implications of Brexit
- Parliamentary briefing paper on GASDS updated
- Small Charitable Donations Bill 2016-17
- Autumn Statement to be presented on 23 November 2016
- Feedback from HMRC’s Charities Outreach team
- Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on a tax service for the 21st Century
- HMRC webinars on Making Tax Digital
- Scottish Government Water and Sewerage Charges – Charity Exemption Scheme
- Making Tax Digital consultations
- AGCAS VAT exemption case
- Accounting standards: the UK tax implications of new UK GAAP
- Apprenticeship Levy: DfE publishes revised guidance and funding proposals
- Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme review – Summary of responses
- Guidance for trustees on taking legal action
- Lobbying and Political Campaigning: Charities and Trade Unions
- Charity Commission updates guidance on social investment
- Single-use plastic carrier bags charge: data in England
- CTG writes to new Minister responsible for charity taxation
- Withheld Gift Aid on donations from family members to be paid
- Ministerial re-shuffle – Jane Ellison MP (FST) given charity tax brief
- Charity sector sustainability – call for evidence
- Presentations on the Apprenticeship Levy
- NAO comments on HMRC accounts
- OTS publishes its response to the GASDS consultation
- Law Commission consultation on law reform projects
- Treasury Minister responsible for charity taxation writes to CTG
- Consultation on 100% Business Rates retention
- Social Investment Tax Relief worth £3.4m
- Common Reporting Standard – Lords written question
- CTG responds to the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme consultation
- Charity tax statistics 2015-16
- Recoverable VAT on sales made at less than cost price
- Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme consultation
- Deadline for applications for inclusion in extended s33 VAT refund scheme for museums and galleries (24 June 2016)
- VAT zero rate for supplies of medical and surgical goods maintained
- Apprenticeship Levy guidance timeline
- Making Tax Digital
- VAT and temporary workers – Adecco appeal
- Common Reporting Standard charity guidance
- HMRC Charities Automatic Exchange of Information Event
- Minister welcomes CTG’s “insightful and valuable input” into charity tax discussions
- Minimum VAT rate extended for two years
- Charity Commission consultation on trustee disqualification powers
- Incorrect to equate Gift Aid with avoidance using tax havens
- Charities Act 2016 – implementation plan
- How to complete ChV1 HMRC charities variations form
- Scottish Cabinet reshuffle
- Queen’s Speech 2016
- CTG responds to Gift Aid donor benefits consultation
- CTG secures charity exemption to new 45% tax on restitution interest
- VAT treatment of members’ subscriptions: Philanthropic exemption
- Apprenticeship Levy update
- European Commission Action Plan on VAT
- Finance (No.2) Bill 2016 published
- Parliamentary question – tax repayments to HMRC relating to Gift Aid
- Culture White Paper
- Review of Northern Ireland business rates system – Report released
- SNP rejects rise in basic rate of income tax
- EU Council conclusions on VAT zero rating
- Minister for charity taxation confirmed as keynote speaker at Tax Conference
- Gift Aid on donations accompanied by a message of support from a donor’s family
- Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016
- Response to NAO consultation on reducing regulation
- Apprenticeship Levy – BIS Guidance
- Charity Tax Group responds to the Budget
- New Permanent Secretary to the Treasury
- OTS review recommends alignment of NICs and Income Tax
- Gift Aid – Written question
- European Referendum
- William Shawcross speech at Charity Commission meeting
- Cambridge University case to be heard by the Court of Appeal
- HMRC appoints a new Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer
- Common Reporting Standard
- Call for Evidence on GASDS – reminder
- Guidance on donations by a company to its parent charity
- New Online ChV1 form
- Rates and thresholds for employers 2016-17
- Consultation on effect of regulation on Civil Society Organisations
- Apprenticeship Levy policy paper
- Consultation on simplification of the Gift Aid donor benefit rules
- New Charity Taxonomy launched
- Gift Aid Small Donations Seminar – 11 February 2016
- GASDS seminar with HM Treasury and HMRC
- Updated charity finance guidance from the Charity Commission
- HMRC guidance on tax avoidance
- Updated charity finance guidance
- Business rates inquiry
- CTG Budget submission
- Review of Northern Ireland’s business rates system
- Upper Tribunal decision in HMRC v Wakefield College
- Museum Tax Relief
- Stocks of Gift Aid declarations
- Fees for tax appeals
- VAT waiver on charity single
- Consultations – feedback requested
- VAT and temporary workers
- 2015 Summer Budget – Implications for charities
- VAT and direct mail: HMRC Business Brief published
- Budget 2015 – Implications for charities
- Budget 2014 – tax implications for charities
- VAT treatment of DfID funding – HMRC guidance to the Charity Tax Group
- Budget 2013 – implications for charities
- Budget 2012 – implications for charities
- Budget 2011 brings positive steps to help charities
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