We've been discussing just that in the office - however, the general profile of donations to WMUK means that we're not really affected by the cap on charitable giving. The vast majority of people who donate give less than £20 - there's just an awful lot of people who do so.
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 29 April 2012 21:35, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > On 29/04/12 13:12, WereSpielChequers wrote: > > Not quite carte blanche. Surely "such charitable purposes" does limit them > to spending the money on things that would be deemed charitable in UK law. > > WSC > > This reminds me on the recent proposals of the UK Government to put a cap > on charitable giving, that is to partially reduce some income tax (and > capital gains tax) liabilities. It would appear that WMUK is more likely to > have small donations (plus Gift Aid) rather large donors in the higher tax > bracket. > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9229681/Charity-tax-could-deter-philanthropists-Boris-Johnson-says.html > > > > Gordo > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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