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Donate your time to a good cause

by Juliana Akor on 08.02.2010 12:07 0 comments 109 views
Tags: volunteering, charities
Do you have one day a month or a few evenings to spare each month? Lots of charities desperately need financial help from qualified accountants, usually on a part-time basis.

We've teamed up with volunteer agency Reach to advertise a vari...
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The Charities SORP - an endangered species?

by Greyham Dawes on 29.01.2010 13:38 0 comments 207 views
Blog topics: Governance and regulation
Tags: sorp, ifrs, uk gaap

On 1 February the Accounting Standards Board will be closing its public consultation on what to do about UK SORPs when it drops UK-GAAP as ‘converged’ with the IASB’s global standards. IFRS are designed to regulate international accounting for distr...

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Gift of Shares - Anti-Avoidance

by caron on 26.01.2010 09:16 0 comments 78 views
Blog topics: Taxation
Tags: tax, anti-avoidance, gift of shares

A written Ministerial Statement announcing new rules, effective from 15 December 2009, to stop people exploiting the tax relief on gifts of qualifying investments (certain shares and property) to charity was announced late last year.

HMRC ...

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Tax Law Rewrite – Gift Aid

by Stacey Arnold on 11.01.2010 11:34 1 comment 135 views
Blog topics: Taxation
Tags: tax, gift aid
The Tax Faculty has submitted TAXREP 58/09 in response to recent Tax Law Rewrite (TLR) proposals concerning Gift Aid.

More information can be found on the Tax News Community.

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Gift aid research published

by caron on 22.12.2009 08:21 0 comments 76 views
Blog topics: Taxation
Tags: gift aid, research, charity tax, higher rate relief
HM Treasury and HMRC have published the results of research undertaken on the possible effects of redirecting Gift Aid higher-rate relief from donors to charities. Gift Aid donor research: Exploring options for reforming higher-rate relief sets...
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Charities operating north of the border

by caron on 21.12.2009 11:14 2 comments 155 views
Blog topics: Audit and Assurance
Tags: oscr, charities operating in scotland, cross border

The charities technical committee here at the ICAEW have been giving some thought to the problems that, particularly smaller, England and Wales registered charities have with reporting and complying with the requirements of OSCR.

There are...

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Charity Commission Seminars - Establishing a route map for the future of charity accounting

by Felicity Nelson on 02.12.2009 17:15 0 comments 161 views

The Charity Commission and the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator are running regional seminars on the future of charity reporting. These seminars provide an opportunity to hear the outcome of the SORP roundtables research in which many of you...

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Question: What have Cricket and Aids got in common?

by Jeremy Knott on 06.11.2009 14:20 0 comments 38 views

Answer: A charity called Cricket Without Boundaries is dedicated to teaching children in Africa about Aids awareness via the medium of coaching them to play cricket! And today I fly out to Rwanda to join a team of cricket fanantics to train up more cricket coaches and spread the word about Aids awareness.For more information go to:   

www.justgiving.com/Jeremy-Knott or www.cricketwithoutboundaries.com

Regards

Jeremy Knott

(Interim Head of Co...

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Last Group Newsletter of 2009 - so what's happened this year?

by caron on 06.11.2009 11:43 0 comments 335 views
Tags: conference, volunteer, initiatives, group news

The last newsletter of the year for group subscribers has been issued! Thank you so much for supporting the group - we do hope you’ll renew your subscription for 2010.

2009 has been a particularly busy year for events, and it was great to meet so many of you at seminars and at the charities awards evening. We hope to see you again soon at the conferences in November. Don’t forget you can also keep in touch via this online community, Talk Charit...

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charity conference 09 - 2010 and beyond; securing the future

by caron on 03.11.2009 13:30 0 comments 96 views
Tags: fraud, vat, governance, sorp, risk, trustee, legal, sir

Charity conference 2009 -  17th November (London) 24th November (Manchester)

We are proud to have an exciting programme of quality speakers to offer our members and finance professionals working in and for charities and the not for profit sector at this year's conference.  Whether you are volunteering, advising or leading a charity you should make sure this is one event you attend.

This year sees the same proven format of plenary and breakout ...

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