Gift Aid explained
What is Gift Aid?
Gift Aid is a scheme by which you can give a sum of money to charity and the charity can reclaim from the Inland Revenue basic rate tax on your gift.
How much money will Gift Aid add to your donation?
If you Gift Aid your donation, Crisis will receive an additional 28p. We can claim Gift Aid tax relief of 25p on every pound you give. HMRC will also be operating transitional provisions for Gift Aid donations made from 6 April 2008 until 5 April 2011, paying a Government supplement of 3p on every pound you give.
For example, if you give £10 using Gift Aid in the tax year that gift is worth £12.82. At no cost to you.
How to make payments
You can make payments by cash, cheque, postal order, direct debit, standing order, debit or credit card or even in a foreign currency.
Subject to a few rules, you can give any amount, large or small, regular or one-off, and Crisis can reclaim the tax.
Higher rate taxpayers
Higher rate taxpayers are eligible to reclaim 25p from the taxman for every £1 donated to charity by including details of their donations on their Self Assessment form. This rebate can be donated directly to Crisis on the same form and if the donor chooses to do so it can be increased further through Gift Aid.
