In light of the ongoing consultation processes The Treasury are holding to try and gauge what it is the sector actually want from Gift Aid, I think the answer to that question is who knows?

Finally Gift Aid is receiving the limelight it so rightly deserves and is front page news, but why does it take something that could ultimately affect charities in an adverse fashion before this is the case? We should have been shouting about Gift Aid before this and making the most of its added benefit and income.

There is a huge amount of speculation as to what will be decided, whether it is to fix the rate of Gift Aid and disassociate its connection with the Income Tax Rate altogether, or as the Tories have now proposed, a set percentage of donations to be assumed to come from tax payers without the need for paperwork. How these and other proposals may work in practice is another matter. There were a great many suggestions put forward at the Institute of Fundraising forum in May that were published shortly after the event.

The Institute of Fundraising has kindly given us permission to post their link with respect to this latest ‘Hot Topic’ on our Blog:

http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/informationaboutfundraising/forfundraisers/hottopics/giftaid.htm 

Please add any suggestions or comments you have about what you would like to see happen with Gift Aid.