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The beneficiary's right to elect instead to enforce a lien to obtain repayment is an exception to the primary rule, exercisable where the fund is deficient and the claim is made against the wrongdoer and those claiming through him". [20]
The donor may claim only a $300 deduction, because the amount contributed ($375) is reduced by the amount of the benefit that he received ($75, the fair market value of the ticket). This holds true even if the donor does not actually attend the dance. The taxable income of the donor is reduced by $300.
"The maintenance of schools of learning, free schools, and scholars in universities." "The repair of bridges, ports, havens, causeways, churches, sea-banks, and highways." "The education and preferment of orphans." "The relief, stock, or maintenance for houses of correction." "Marriages of poor maids."
This freedom from tax liability applies not just to charitable trusts, but also to people who donate to them. Individuals who donate via Gift Aid are free from paying tax on that amount, while companies who give gifts to charity can claim tax on the amount back from HM Revenue & Customs. [6]
The act raises the threshold above which registration is required with the Charity Commission from £1,000 to £5,000. This is intended to reduce administration costs for small charities. In addition, charities which fall under certain exempted categories under the 1993 act (such as certain Christian denominations) are now only exempted if ...
An Act to make provision for the treatment of two or more charities as a single charity for all or any of the purposes of the Charities Act 1993. Citation: 1995 c. 48: Dates; Royal assent: 8 November 1995: Repealed: 14 March 2012: Other legislation; Amends: Charities Act 1993: Repealed by: Charities Act 2011
The Palace of Westminster, in which the Houses of Parliament are based This article lists the published allegations of expenses abuse made against specific members of the British Parliament in the course of the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal. While the majority of these were first made public by The Daily Telegraph on or after 8 May 2009, a few cases had already come to public ...
2014 – Charity Navigator ranked Direct Relief number one in its 2015 list, "10 of the Best Charities Everyone's Heard Of", and a "four-star" charity with a 99.94/100 charity score overall. [107] 2015 – Fast Company named the organization among "the World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in Not-For-Profit". [108]