Scotland
Over £950 million of new funding will be made available for the Scottish Government in Barnett,The personal allowance for income tax will be raised to £12,500 in 2019/27.,This will have an impact on Gift Aid, as the number of people paying the income tax that can be gifted,Gift Aid Charity shops using the Retail Gift Aid Scheme will be allowed to send letters to donors every,The new tax is due to come into force in 2022.
https://scvo.scot/p/27390/2018/10/30/27390
You can see our response to those changes here, but what I want to talk about in this blog is Gift Aid,Ah, Gift Aid! Yes, this is my gift to you this Christmas: a Gift Aid blog.,Seriously though, just how are the new rates and bands going to affect Gift Aid?,The Gift Aid scheme means that every donor who pays income tax (or capital gains tax) can essentially,in the £ in income tax*, will some of this Gift Aid dry up?
https://scvo.scot/p/22967/2017/12/19/gift-aid-and-the-new-scottish-income-tax
On Thursday 22nd January the UK Government released draft legislation for a new Scottish devolution settlement,grant will be adjusted to reflect the tax and spending decisions of the Scottish Parliament.,This includes powers to set rates and bands of income tax above the UK-wide personal allowance.,Taxes on savings and dividend income, capital gains tax, and VAT rates will remain reserved.,There is an acknowledgement that issues around Gift Aid will need to be resolved – this will be done
https://scvo.scot/p/7668/2015/01/26/brief-thoughts-on-new-powers-for-scotland
The devolution of income tax alone will leave public finances exposed to unnecessary volatility.,The various political parties’ proposals on income tax would have a significant impact upon the work,of the sector in relation to Gift Aid.,If income tax rates were to be set by the Scottish Parliament it is presumed that any system or rate,of tax relief on charitable donations would also have to be set by the Scottish Parliament.
https://scvo.scot/p/6295/2014/10/10/smith-commission-scvo-interim-response