Welcome to HMRC Charities
These web pages are intended to provide you with a single reference point for information about tax and VAT for charities and Community amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) along with information about tax reliefs for charitable donations.
What’s new for charities?
Follow this link to our What’s new section to get the latest news about tax and VAT issues relating to charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs). You can also check here for details of updated and revised guidance.
To make the most of Gift Aid read our guidance on Gift Aid for Charities – including how Gift Aid works, the rules around qualifying donations and Gift Aid declarations, and reclaiming tax on Gift Aid and other income. We’ve improved the labelling of this area to make it easier to find what you need.
Customer Guides
Follow this link for straightforward customer guides covering the most common areas of concern for charities and donors in easy to follow structure and straightforward language.
Forms
Charities and CASCs can down load all of the forms needed to make returns, claim repayments or notify us about changes in nominated claimants. You can also find examples of model Gift Aid declarations to adapt for your own needs.
Contact Us
If you can’t find what you need in these web pages you can follow this link for details of how to contact our charity helpline, e-mail us or contact us by post for more information.
Detailed Guidance notes
The existing detailed guidance notes are intended to cover the more complex or technical concerns of charities and donors
About us
You can find out more about what HMRC charities does by reading about us.
Feedback
We welcome your views about HMRC Charities web guidance, if you would like to give us some feedback please e-mail HMRC charities with your comments.
