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Read about the changes that have been introduced by the Charities Act 2022.
Find out about the rules you must follow to govern your charity.
Find guidance on raising funds for your charity and what trustees need to consider.
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys.
Before you start to set up a charity make sure that you know it is the best option for what you want to do.
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing goods for charitable use.
The rules for charities that want to support, or oppose, a change in government policy or the law.
Find out if you can get a refund on goods and services under a VAT Refund Scheme if you’re a charity.
Find out how to make sure that your charity’s money is safe, properly used and accounted for.
Find out when you can zero rate VAT for advertisements and goods used for the collection of donations.
How charities can improve their impact on the environment and be energy efficient.
VAT relief available to charities - relief, what you pay, registering, charging VAT
You can start to raise funds for your charity once you have your governing document and trustees in place.
Find out about the rules you must follow for spending, borrowing from, or transferring your charity’s permanent endowment.
How to transfer all your charity’s assets to another charity if it merges, changes structure or closes.
Guidance to help you set up and run your charity.
Find out how you could help run a charity by volunteering as a charity trustee.
How to claim Corporation Tax relief when your limited company donates money, land, property or shares to charity
Information about fraud and cyber crime, how to spot it and what you can do to protect against it.
The Charity Commission has opened a statutory class inquiry into linked charities after finding irregularities in their accounts.
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