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  Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill - Extension of Range of Relevant Payment Methods
  
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  @ MP voted aye to extend the range of payment methods which are covered by the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme.
  @ MP voted no against extending the range of payment methods which are covered by the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against extending the range of payment methods which are covered by the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme.
  
  
  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_Aid Gift Aid] is the scheme under which charities can reclaim any basic rate income tax paid on a gift from HMRC.
  
  The Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme enables charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs to claim a Gift Aid style top-up payment on small donations up to Â£20 in circumstances where it is not practical or feasible to obtain a Gift Aid declaration.[1] 
  
  MPs were considering the Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill[2]. 
  
  The proposed new amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  : amendment 1, page 2, leave out lines 1 to 6 and insertâ
  :â(a) in the heading after âsmallâ, delete âcash paymentâ and insert âdonationâ;
  :(b) in sub-paragraph (1) omit the words âin cashâ;
  :(c) after that sub-paragraph insertâ
  :â(1A) The gift must be madeâ
  :(b) by cheque;
  :(c) by electronic communication; or
  :(d) by a contactless payment.â
  :(d) in sub-paragraph (3) after the definition of âcashâ insertâ
  :âchequeâ means a written order instructing a bank to pay upon its presentation to the person designated in it, or the to the person possessing it, a certain sum of money from the account of the person who draws it; âelectronic communicationâ means a payment made via the internet or text message.â
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by an explanatory note saying:
  :This amendment would extend the range of methods by which payments can be made under the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme.
  
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  * [1] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2016-2017/0071/17071en03.htm Explanatory notes to the Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill] 
  * [2] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/smallcharitabledonationsandchildcarepayments.html Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill] 
  
  
  
  
  
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