# Gift Aid online starts on 1 October

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/09/29/gift-aid-online-starts-1-october/
- Published: 2013-09-29T21:40:47+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

HMRC is reminding charities that from 1 October they must make Gift Aid repayment
claims using the Charities Online service.

It has sent 126,000 letters to charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs)
to let them know about the deadline. From that date they will not be able to use
the old R68i claim form.

Gift Aid online was launhced five months ago. Since then, over 33,492 charities 
have registered to claim Gift Aid online.

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Andrew Edwards, HMRC’s Head of Charities, said: "Using [Charities Online](http://hmrc.gov.uk/charities/online/index.htm)
to make a Gift Aid repayment claim is quicker and typically takes only three days,
rather than the 26 days that it took using the R68(i) paper claim form. We worked
with charities and developed the online service in response to their feedback.”

If for any reason a charity does not have access to the Internet, it will have to
make claims on a new ChR1 paper form, available from the HMRC Charities Helpline
on 0845 302 0203.

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