New Life Parrot Rescue:Help Us! Gift Aid and Bequests

Gift Aid

Inland Revenue
Charity Series:IR113
Gift Aid

Gift Aid

Gift Aid: tax relief for single cash gifts made to UK charities by UK residents. From April 2000 the Ł250 minimum limit for Gift Aid donations is being abolished. Registered charities are now able to reclaim tax on any donations, whether large or small, regular or on and off provided that the donor is a basic rate or higher tax payer and the appropriate forms are completed.

Cash gifts include payments made by:

cheque
bank transfer, and
credit card (Regrettably, we cannot accommodate credit/debit cards)
WorldPay (via our online payment facilities)

There is no upper limit to the amount you can give in each tax year. (A tax year runs from April 6 to the following April 5). Gift Aid tax relief is intended for outright gifts, not for payments to buy goods and services for you or your family (for example, goods from a charity shop). The gifts must have no strings attached; there must be no significant benefits received by you or anyone connected with you in return for the gift.

How does it work?
You make a payment to the charity net of basic rate tax and give the charity a certificate which we provide so that it can claim tax back from the Inland Revenue. If you pay tax at the basic rate, this is all you have to do. For example, if an individual gave a Gift Aid of Ł250 (at the basic rate of tax of 22%) the charity would claim the tax back of Ł70.51.

Bequests
When your spirit is flying free, leave an everlasting memory by remembering our organisation in your will. If your parrot is likely to outlive you, make proper provision for him too in your will.

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