Charity, Assets & Residence
Charities
St John’s House
Merton Road
Liverpool
L75 1BB
Dr A Adamou
by email
Tel
0151 472 6005
Fax
0151 472 6060
www.hmrc.gov.uk
Date
29 June 2009
DX 725580
Our Ref
CHY/FOI 1651/09/JHK
Your Ref
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Dear Dr Adamou
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request for information under the above Act, received on 5 June 2009.
You requested the following information:
- the annual cost to HMRC of Income Tax refunded under the Gift Aid scheme for each
year from 6 April 2000.
- the annual cost to HMRC of Corporation Tax relief given under the equivalent scheme for
charitable donations made by UK companies for the same years.
Under section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a
request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The information you requested in
respect of Income Tax is available o
n the Department’s website (www.hmrc.gov.uk) – the
following link will take you to the rig
ht area http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/charities/menu.htm Following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that HMRC does
not hold the information you requested in respect of company donations. I am, however,
aware that work is currently underway to compute and publish figures for years 2003/04
onwards; we are not sure when those computations will be available and no publication
date has yet been set.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the
reference number above in any future communications.
If you are not happy with this reply you may request a review by writing to HMRC FOI
Team, Room 4/52, 100 Parliament Street London SWIA 2BQ. You must request a review
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Yours sincerely
John Kington
Head of Charities Compliance Team
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