{"id":3217,"date":"2019-03-26T09:55:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T09:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2020-10-06T14:16:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T13:16:20","slug":"3-tax-changes-for-uk-charities-from-april-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/3-tax-changes-for-uk-charities-from-april-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"3 tax changes for UK charities from April 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3220 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-537805696-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-537805696-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-537805696-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-537805696-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-537805696-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the start of the new tax year rapidly approaching, here is a reminder of a few key tax changes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/who-we-help\/charities-and-social-businesses\">impacting charities<\/a> that come into effect in April 2019:<\/p>\n<h2>Charities\u2019 Small Trading Exemption<\/h2>\n<p>Charities can still be exempt from paying tax on trading income that does not relate to their primary purposes as long as such turnover does not exceed the small trading tax exemption.<\/p>\n<p>From 1 April 2019, the limits are as follows:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"235\"><strong>Annual charity income<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"238\"><strong>Maximum level of non-primary purpose trading<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"235\">Under \u00a332,000<\/p>\n<p><em>(was \u00a320,000)<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"238\">\u00a38,000<\/p>\n<p><em>(was \u00a35,000)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"235\">\u00a332,000 &#8211; \u00a3320,000<\/p>\n<p><em>(was \u00a320,001 &#8211; \u00a3200,000)<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"238\">25% of income<\/p>\n<p><em>(no change)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"235\">Over \u00a3320,000<\/p>\n<p><em>(was \u00a3200,000)<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"238\">\u00a380,000<\/p>\n<p><em>(was \u00a350,000)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The increases in these limits will allow charities to carry out more non-primary purpose trading activity before a trading subsidiary is required.<\/p>\n<h2>Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/gift-aid-small-donations-scheme-changes\/gift-aid-small-donations-scheme\">Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme<\/a> (GASDS) allows charities and community amateur sports clubs to claim a \u2018Gift Aid style\u2019 top-up on cash donations received without the need for the donor to complete a Gift Aid declaration. This scheme therefore allows Gift Aid to be claimed on donations in collection tins or buckets.<\/p>\n<p>In order to be eligible for the top-up payment, individual donations must not exceed \u00a330 (this limit is \u00a320 up to 5 April 2019). The total claim of \u00a32,000 (on donations of \u00a38,000) remains unchanged.<\/p>\n<h2>Gift Aid Donor Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>With effect from 6 April 2019, the rules around the value of donor benefits are being changed. As long as the value of the benefit does not exceed certain limits the donation will still qualify for Gift Aid.<\/p>\n<p>The new rules are:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><strong>Donation amount<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><strong>Value of benefit<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">Up to \u00a3100<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">25% of amount of donation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\">Over \u00a3100<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">25% on first \u00a3100; <strong>and<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Up to 5% of donation in excess of \u00a3100<\/p>\n<p>(subject to maximum benefit value of \u00a32,500)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For any advice on how these changes impact your charity, please <a href=\"mailto:mbailey@goodmanjones.com\">get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the start of the new tax year rapidly approaching, here is a reminder of a few key tax changes impacting charities that come into effect in April 2019: Charities\u2019 Small Trading Exemption Charities can still be exempt from paying tax on trading income that does not relate to their primary purposes as long as[&#8230;] <\/p>\n<div class=\"brown_button\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/3-tax-changes-for-uk-charities-from-april-2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[834,832,833,835],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3 tax changes for UK charities from April 2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/3-tax-changes-for-uk-charities-from-april-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3 tax changes for UK charities from April 2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With the start of the new tax year rapidly approaching, here is a reminder of a few key tax changes impacting charities that come into effect in April 2019: Charities\u2019 Small Trading Exemption Charities can still be exempt from paying tax on trading income that does not relate to their primary purposes as long as[...] Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/3-tax-changes-for-uk-charities-from-april-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"London Chartered Accountants Blog | Goodman Jones London Accountants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-26T09:55:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-06T13:16:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-537805696-300x200.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Martin Bailey - Partner\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@GoodmanJones\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@GoodmanJones\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Martin Bailey - Partner\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/3-tax-changes-for-uk-charities-from-april-2019\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/3-tax-changes-for-uk-charities-from-april-2019\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Martin Bailey - Partner\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a94145e298b3c923033f7df15a903ea6\"},\"headline\":\"3 tax changes for UK charities from April 2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-26T09:55:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-06T13:16:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/3-tax-changes-for-uk-charities-from-april-2019\/\"},\"wordCount\":295,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.goodmanjones.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"GASDS\",\"gift aid donor benefits\",\"gift aid small donations scheme\",\"Small Trading Exemption\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Charities &amp; 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