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- Consultation on the Fifth Money Laundering Directive – Changes to Trust Registration Service to include all charitable trusts
- Changes to the reduced VAT rate for energy-saving materials
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- Review of the apprenticeships programmes
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- Extending off-payroll working to the private sector
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- OTS Inheritance Tax Review – first report published
- Consultations update – November 2018
- Consultation on the taxation of trusts published
- Off-payroll working – extending legislation to the private sector
- Reforming the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) – CTG consultation response
- Consultation Launched on Stamp Duty Land Tax Regulation
- CTG responds to the call for evidence on the VAT registration threshold
- Tackling Business Rates avoidance in Wales
- House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee Call for Evidence on Finance Bill 2018
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- Charities that are connected with non-charitable organisations – outcome of consultation on guidance
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- Treasury Committee VAT Inquiry
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- Annual return for 2018 – information collected from charities will not include questions on Gift Aid and rates relief
- Draft regulations and guidance for Making Tax Digital for VAT
- Taxation of employee expenses consultation
- VAT grouping consultation – Government publishes summary of responses
- Review of HMRC’s Guidance on Gift Aid Donor Benefits
- OTS VAT review
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- Transferring Apprenticeship Levy funds
- Potential new Welsh taxes
- Consultation on General Data Protection Regulation exemptions
- Lords Select Committee on Charities report recommends closer working with the sector and OCS on tax issues
- Making Tax Digital: sanctions for late submission and late payment
- CTG responds to European Commission consultation on VAT rate reform
- CTG responds to review of business rates in Northern Ireland
- Gift Aid donor benefits consultation – CTG response
- Withdrawal of four Extra Statutory Concessions (ESC)
- Strengthening Tax Avoidance Sanctions and Deterrents
- HMRC consultation on simplifying the PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA) process
- HMRC consultation on penalties for participating in VAT fraud
- Survey to assess the cost of the Insurance Premium Tax increase
- Schools that work for everyone: Tax status of charitable independent schools
- CTG responds to consultation on Making Tax Digital
- CTG responds to consultation on museums and galleries tax relief
- HMRC publishes first Apprenticeship Levy Draft Regulations
- CTG responds to Commission consultation on reduced VAT rates for e-publications
- CTG responds to technical consultation on Gift Aid and Intermediaries
- DfE survey on Government proposals for funding apprenticeships
- Consultation on the introduction of the new £1 coin
- Scottish Government consultation on the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy
- Consultation on salary sacrifice for the provision of benefits in kind
- Making Tax Digital – Voluntary pay as you go
- Making Tax Digital – Bringing business tax into the digital age
- Making Tax Digital – Better use of information
- 100 per cent Business Rates retention
- Consultation on simplification of the Gift Aid donor benefit rules
- Call for Evidence on the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme
- Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme review
- Effect of regulation on Civil Society Organisations
- Employer provided living accommodation – Call for Evidence
- Review of the Community Infrastructure Levy
- HMT consultation on Gift Aid and Digital Giving
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- Making Tax Digital for VAT
- General VAT principles
- Business vs Non-business
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- Donations and grants – VAT treatment
- Outsourcing by public bodies
- Publicly-funded research – VAT implications
- Grant-giving – VAT treatment
- Investment income – VAT treatment
- Supply of welfare services below cost – VAT treatment
- Business v Non-business apportionment
- Lennartz principle
- VAT Exemption
- Partial Exemption
- VAT zero rates
- Charity funded equipment for medical, veterinary etc uses – VAT zero rating
- Goods connected with collecting donations – VAT zero rating
- Publications including books – VAT zero rating
- Talking books for blind people – VAT zero rating
- Printed matter – VAT zero rating
- Package test and its use for fundraising items
- Donated goods – VAT zero rating
- Buildings and construction – VAT zero rating
- Lifeboats – VAT zero rating
- Export of goods – VAT zero rating
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- VAT reduced rates
- Cross border transactions – VAT
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- Staff secondments
- Corporate sponsorship compared to donations – VAT
- Use of charity name and logo
- Barter transactions
- Challenge Events – Tour Operators’ Margin Scheme (TOMS)
- Affinity credit cards
- Membership subscriptions – VAT
- Sponsored events – VAT
- Solar Panels
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- HMRC’s detailed Gift Aid guidance (Chapter 3)
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- The position of deeds of covenant
- Raffles and auctions – Gift Aid
- Sponsored events – Gift Aid
- Membership subscriptions – Gift Aid
- Allowing access to view charity property – Gift Aid
- Donated goods – Gift Aid
- Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS)
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- Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
- Introduction of CIL by Local Authorities
- The charging schedule
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- Liability to pay CIL
- Charitable relief from Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
- Clawback of charitable relief
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- HMRC Agent Updates for Making Tax Digital
- 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
- £3m Village Hall fund launched
- 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
- Cairncross Review proposes VAT zero rate for e-publications and charitable status (and tax reliefs) for local journalism
- 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
- Probate fees dispute update
- 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
- Digital Services Tax consultation – unlikely to affect charities
- Spring Statement – 13 March 2019
- European Commission’s transition to qualified majority voting on EU tax policy
- Support the Charity Tax Group (CTG) in 2019
- “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
- Irish VAT refund for charities – guidance published
- 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
- Wellcome Trust VAT case – HMRC to appeal
- 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
- VAT and digital advertising – update from HMRC
- 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
- VAT case law tracker
- 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
- 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
- Retail Gift Aid – end of year letters to be sent by 31 May 2018
- 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
- Expert commentary archive
- 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
- Donations through Facebook to include Gift Aid where eligible
- 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
- 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
- Budget 2013 – implications for charities
- Budget 2012 – implications for charities
- Budget 2011 brings positive steps to help charities
- Commentary
- Reforms to off-payroll working in the private sector – the story so far and what’s next?
- Off-payroll working rules: what charities need to do to prepare
- Is a CASC a Charity (for tax)?
- Charity SORP guidance on accounting for corporate gift aid payments made by a trading company to its charitable parent
- Relevant Residential and Relevant Charitable buildings: Clawback provisions
- VAT on Care Services Provided by Bodies other than Charities
- VAT case relating to ‘single supply’ and zero rated printed material
- VAT recovery – the tussle with HMRC continues
- Upper Tribunal decision in the Greenisland FC VAT case
- Benefits and pitfalls of reliefs for council tax and business rates
- VAT treatment of Continuing Care funding
- Marlow Rowing Club VAT case – penalties for “careless” application of a zero rate certificate
- Gift Aid qualifying donations and application of HMRC guidance – the Champions Fun Learning Centre case
- ADR agreements do not always give taxpayers certainty – Serpentine Trust case
- Church Annexe – HMRC tries to turn up the heat
- Charity corporation tax: the 10 rules you need to know
- VAT on Supporting People Programme – YMCA case
- Adecco case on the VAT treatment of temporary staff – Court of Appeal ruling
- Exempt Charity Fundraisers: the Loughborough Students Union case
- Review of HMRC guidance on the Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief
- What are charities looking for in the Budget? CTG Vice-Chair addresses the charities APPG
- Extending off-payroll tax rules to the private sector
- Further ‘clarification’ of ‘non-business’ – Wakefield College case
- Printed Mailing Packs – Update on VAT
- Comment on the University of Cambridge Court of Appeal decision
- Review of HMRC VAT Manuals relating to Grants and Contractual Income – presentation slides
- Membership Subscriptions and VAT – Harley Davidson case
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- Yorkshire Agricultural Society – certain free events are not economic activities
- LIFE Services Limited VAT case – Upper Tribunal decision
- 2017 Gift Aid round-up
- Corporate Criminal Offence – implications for charities
- Definition of a ‘sport’ for VAT purposes – English Bridge Union case
- Proposed new penalties for participation in VAT fraud
- Round-up of recent charity VAT cases
- Benefits of joining the Gift Aid practical issues working group – member testimonials
- Charity VAT Recovery – The Road Not Taken
- Iberdrola VAT case – implications for Sveda?
- VAT recovery for holding companies – MVM case and HMRC guidance
- Professional negligence and failed tax avoidance schemes
- A major shift in Business Rates valuation for museums
- First experience of submitting a Common Reporting Standard (CRS) return
- Construction of Relevant Charitable Purpose (RCP) buildings – position of sub-contractors
- Supplies to local authorities – Healthwatch Hampshire VAT case
- VAT – Supplies related to education – Brockenhurst College
- Adecco appeal on the VAT treatment of temporary workers dismissed
- Cost Sharing VAT Exemption – Aviva and DNB Banka
- Off-payroll working: Major changes from April 2017
- Have you paid enough tax to ‘cover’ your Gift Aid donations?
- Update on ‘Economic Activity’
- Update on the Adecco temporary workers VAT case
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- Common Reporting Standard – Top 10 tips for charities
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