Our Charity Update provides the latest tax news and developments.
4th March 2015
Women in Science
Fieldfisher will host an evening of lectures in support of Women
In Science.
Fieldfisher
Register for the event here.
16 February 2015
HMRC launches Charities Digital Service
A digital service allows new charities to register their details
with HMRC for tax purposes.
HM Revenue & Customs
Read the news story here.
10 February 2015
Charity Commission decision on Cambridge Target Shooting Association
The Charity Commission refuses registration of this Association
as a charity because of a lack of evidence of the benefit to health
through participation in target shooting.
The Charity Commission
Read the decision here.
9 February 2015
Claims by non-profit making members' sports clubs for overpaid VAT on supplies of sporting services made to non-members
HMRC publishes guidance for members' clubs on repayment
claims following the European Court of Justice's decision in
Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club Ltd (Case C-495/12) that
supplies of sporting services by members' clubs to non-members
are exempt.
HM Revenue & Customs
Read the guidance here and read the judgment here.
9 February 2015
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to publish charities' annual reports and accounts on its website
OSCR intends to publish the annual reports and accounts of
charities with incomes over £25,000 on its website by the end
of 2015.
Civil Society
Read the full news article here.
5 February 2015
Fieldfisher dares to prove that UK doesn't need regionalised trade mark system
Fieldfisher obtains approval from the UK-IPO to protect the
slogan SCOTLAND'S ANIMAL WELFARE CHARITY as a trade mark in
Scotland alone for their client - the Scottish Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - persuading the UK-IPO to go
against its own policy in the process.
Fieldfisher
Read more here.
12 January 2015
Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) registered with HMRC
HMRC publishes a list of 6,654 sports clubs registered with HMRC
as a CASC.
HM Revenue & Customs
See the list here.
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