# Tax relief figures suggest drop in Irish charity income

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/02/17/tax-relief-figures-suggest-drop-irish-charity-income/
- Published: 2014-02-17T17:52:39+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Figures provided to the Irish Dail by the Irish finance minister indicate that donations
to charities fell last year.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan reported last week that there was a €1.6 million
drop in the income tax relief the [exchequer](http://www.oireachtas.ie) gave on 
PAYE donations to charity. In reply to a question by Michael McGrath TD, Michael
Noonan provided figures which showed tax relief in 2013 was worth €23.5 million 
against €25.1 million in 2012.

Quoted in the Irish Times, Mr McGrath said the drop in donations “even before the
controversy about charity funding emerged”, showed the need for charities to “step
up to the mark” in funding and business activity transparency.

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Many charities will receive tax relief income from PAYE donations in 2013 this year
and if the ‘top up’ controversy has had as big an effect as some charities suspect
it will be reflected in returns in 2014.

 

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