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Are you maximising the donations you have already made to our church by using GIFT AID?
Did you know that with effect from 1 April 2000, the Government has changed the rules relating to charitable giving to enable our church to recover tax at the rate of 28% on ALL donations made by people who pay UK Income or Capital Gains Tax.
This means that if you have been to a service at our church this year or simply called in when visiting the Estate and put money into either the collection plate or one of our donation boxes (not book sales), then if you are a UK Income or Capital Gains Taxpayer, you would have been entitled to make this a donation under Gift Aid. For every £1 you gave, the church would have received £1-28. At present, between £100 and £200 of collection money each week is not being registered for Gift Aid and about the same amount again is being put into our donations box but not registered for Gift Aid.
Luckily it is not too late to make this a Gift Aid donation. The Inland Revenue rules allow you to make this declaration electronically and retrospectively. And you can do this right now at this web page.
Simply download a Gift Aid form below and send it to the Church to be added to our claim for a tax repayment. This form cannot be used for future donations
Confidentiality Undertaking by Bolton Priory Church
We promise that we will not make any use whatsoever
of the information you provide other than to record it for Inland Revenue audit
purposes.
Please note that you may be contacted as some point by the Inland Revenue to confirm that the declaration we are claiming was made by you really was. For this reason, we will send a written acknowledgement of receipt of your declaration so that you can verify we have accurately noted your declaration.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
Simply download a Gift Aid Declaration
form, below, and print it out. Then enter your Full Name, Address, Post
Code, the total amount you gave and the date on which you gave it. If you have
made a number of donations during the year, you can aggregate them and simply
give the date of your most recent donation.
You are also asked to declare that you are a UK Income or Capital Gains Taxpayer and have paid sufficient tax in the year to cover the entire donation you are recording. Then post the form to us and we will acknowledge your kindness and generosity.
Please note that the value of your gift will treated as completely confidential and will be known only to the Church's Covenants Secretary.
Thank you for helping us in this way - all donations to the Priory go to the upkeep of this ancient building and to assist the work of the Church.
Note : The Gift Aid Form is a PDF file, which can be opened using
Adobe Reader. If you do not have Adobe Reader installed on your PC, a free copy
may be downloaded from Adobe on
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