HMRC gives £1.8 million a year to charities to help excluded taxpayers

    Luke Mudd
    11th August 2023
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    The voluntary and community sector will be able to apply for grants from HMRC to support their work with taxpayers who need extra assistance with their tax affairs.

    Eligible organisations need to bid for the funding, worth £1.8 million a year from 2024 until 2027, up from the current annual grant of £1.66 million, through HMRC’s voluntary and community sector grant funding programme.

    Bids can be submitted between 24 July and 21 August 2023, with successful organisations being announced in October, ready for the new funding to start from 1 April 2024.

    This is the 12th round of funding HMRC is awarding as ‘part of its commitment to help everyone get their tax right’.

    The programme has been ongoing for over a decade and previous beneficiaries included Citizens Advice Bureaus, TaxAid, Tax Help for Older People and Gingerbread.

    To be eligible for grant funding from HMRC, an organisation must be a registered charity, voluntary and community sector organisation, social enterprise, mutual or a co-operative.

    RNIB’s Sight Loss Advice Service is one of 12 organisations previously awarded under the grant programme.

    Director David Newbold said:

    ‘RNIB is extremely grateful to HMRC for its generous support, ensuring blind and partially sighted people can access the advice, information and practical help they need to deal with their tax affairs and HMRC.’

    Internet link: HMRC press release

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