We&#39;ve been discussing just that in the office - however, the general profile of donations to WMUK means that we&#39;re not really affected by the cap on charitable giving. The vast majority of people who donate give less than £20 - there&#39;s just an awful lot of people who do so.<div>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 April 2012 21:35, Gordon Joly <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:gordon.joly@pobox.com" target="_blank">gordon.joly@pobox.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


  
    
  
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    On 29/04/12 13:12, WereSpielChequers wrote:
    <blockquote type="cite">Not quite carte blanche. Surely &quot;such charitable
      purposes&quot; does limit them to spending the money on things that
      would be deemed charitable in UK law.<br>
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      WSC</blockquote></div>
    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.<br>
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    <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9229681/Charity-tax-could-deter-philanthropists-Boris-Johnson-says.html" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9229681/Charity-tax-could-deter-philanthropists-Boris-Johnson-says.html</a><br>


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