Minutes of Charity Tax Forum published

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As noted by the Charity Tax Group, HMRC has published the minutes of the Charity Tax Forum meeting held on 7th June 2018 which can be found here.
Points of interest include:
discussion of the Corporate Criminal Offences legislation – HMRC officials encouraged charities to read this CTG summary here.
plans to develop a joint portal for the registration of charities with HMRC and the Charity Commission announced in 2013, will no longer be taken forward; and
for Gift Aid donor benefits, there will be no new legislation on “concessions” including split payment rule, averaging method, lifetime membership benefits and provision of promotional literature.