# Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme: securing £2,000 from HMRC

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/04/03/gift-aid-small-donations-scheme-securing-2000-from-hmrc/
- Published: 2020-04-03T13:00:33+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**HMRC have a most generous scheme which allows all charities to claim up to £2,000
of a Gift Aid type of payment. There is an imminent deadline for all charities to
maximise any income from this if it is to include income from three years ago onwards.**

This is known as Gift Aid on Small Donation Scheme (GASDS). It is paid on any and
all impulse cash donations of £30 or less, up to a total of £8,000 in any single
tax year, and is calculated at 25% of the amount collected. Simply put, you can 
claim up to £2,000 on any money you have raised on through bucket collections, tin
shakers, collection boxes etc, totalling less than £8,000.
 So what you have to 
do is go back through your records and find the amount that you have raised through
simple impulse cash collections, in each **tax year**, with no record of the donors
and consequently no Gift Aid claimed. But you need to start with the amount collected
in the **tax year** 6th April 2017 to 5th April 2018. Why this particular year? 
Because GASDS is calculated by **tax year**, and you can claim back for up to three
years, which means 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20. But in a few days time, we will
move into the new **tax year** which runs from 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021,
and GASDS will no longer apply for 2017/18. **BOTTOM LINE – You have until 5th April
to get your charity an extra £2,000.**** **So what are you waiting for – get it 
now! 

## DISCLAIMER

 
Naturally nothing is that simple with HMRC and there are some requirements which,
although relatively simple and straight forward, you need to be aware of.

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GAIN  cannot be responsible for any action you take in this regard.

For more details you are advised to read HMRC’s [Guidance Chapter 8: The Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme from 6 April 2017](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charities-detailed-guidance-notes/chapter-8-the-gift-aid-small-donations-scheme#chapter-81-eligibility-conditions).

If you would like to know more about this, please feel free to call me on 07910 
391 653 for an initial short chat and I can point you in the right direction. Of
course there is no obligation and no charge for the call. Barry Gower[GAIN](http://www.gain.me.uk)–
Gift Aid Consultants51 Love LanePinnerHA5 3EYTel  02088681307Mob 07910391653[en*******@*****me.uk](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/04/03/gift-aid-small-donations-scheme-securing-2000-from-hmrc/en*******@*****me.uk)

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