Tax Allowances: Charities

(asked on 22nd June 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax exemption for the income of charities in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.


Answered by
Mel Stride Portrait
Mel Stride
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This question was answered on 27th June 2017

It is estimated that around 740,000 people received income tax relief for donations to charity for tax year 2014-15. It is projected that 764,000 and 784,000 people will receive income tax relief for donations to charities for tax years 2015-16 and 2016-17 respectively.

These estimates are based on the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes, and projected to 2015-16 and 2016-17 using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2017 economic and fiscal outlook.

Reticulating Splines