# New HMRC Gift Aid declaration forms

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/10/31/new-hmrc-gift-aid-declaration-forms/
- Published: 2008-10-31T14:58:22+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charity law specialists Bates Wells & Braithwaite have advised their clients that
HMRC have amended their pro forma Gift Aid declarations. These now reflect the reduction
in basic rate tax to 20p in the pound and transitional relief.

Stephen Lloyd wrote: “Charities may wish to update their gift aid declarations accordingly”.
He added that: “It is always worth remembering that wrongly phrased gift aid declarations
can be declared as invalid by HMRC and as a result you could be required to repay
your gift aid claims back to [HMRC](http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/forms.htm)!”

Existing donors do not need to sign the updated version. “Declarations that reflect
the updated pro formas should only be necessary for donations not already covered
by an existing valid gift aid declaration”, added Lloyd.

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