# Irish charities consortium launches tax-effective giving campaign

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/01/06/irish-charities-consortium-launches-taxeffective-giving-campaign/
- Published: 2012-01-06T08:11:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

An independent steering group of charity fundraisers supported by the Irish Charities
Tax Reform Group (ICTRG) has launched a Taxback Campaign to encourage more donors
to make their donations qualify for tax rebate. The campaign by a consortium of 
charities aims to boost income for charities at no extra cost to the donors.

The group points out that “the proportion of €250+ donors who return their CHY 2
forms to most charities is less than the proportion of PAYE taxpayers in the general
public”. It suggests that this might be because of inertia, uncertainty about whether
Taxback applies to them, or concern that it might affect their tax affairs.

The campaign will run across various media in March 2012 when many charities send
their annual tax mailings to supporters.

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The ICTRG is encouraging charities to sign up and support the campaign by contributing
to its budget. The steering group points out that if the campaign is successful “
this will produce a positive return on investment from contributing charities in
the same year as the spend”.

www.ictr.ie

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