# Payroll Giving

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/classifieds/payroll-giving/
- Published: 2012-06-26T15:57:13+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

### Payroll Giving

There are almost 9000 employers residing in the UK that are currently operating 
under this program; and around 2% of all employees in the UK participate in it. 
The participating employment agency/company will deduct the amount that have been
agreed upon before the tax is calculated, and they will then send over the money
to a specific payroll giving agency. Once this has been done, the chosen agency 
then would distribute the money out to charities registered in the UK, and this 
would be done in accordance with the wishes of the employees. Around 40% of all 
employers in the UK offer to cover the varying administration fee on behalf of the
employee, making this a win-win for charities and employees to take part.

There are several agencies that operate payroll giving that perform the administrating
and the processing of donations to the correct charitable organisations. It is necessary
for the employers to choose which agency that they want to operate with as they 
will not be paying  the charitable organisations directly.

As previously mentioned, with payroll giving, UK charitable organisations benefit
from the donations being tax-free, and in many cases will be matched or partially
matched by the employer. Payroll giving is therefore a win for charities because
of its many benefits. In this instance, giving to charity is a very rewarding experience
that not only benefits the charity, but it benefits the giver as well.

In the UK, payroll giving is promoted heavily between different workplaces and a
number professional fundraising organizations and charities.

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