Responding to a series of written questions from Anneliese Dodds MP (Lab, Oxford East), Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Robert Jenrick has highlighted the call from parts of the charity sector for there to be a de minimis limit under which retail Gift Aid notification letters would not need to be sent to donors:

Anneliese Dodds: “To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received (a) in support of and (b) opposed to the introduction of a de minimis limit of £20 on retail Gift Aid claims for shops in the charity retail sector.”

Robert Jenrick: “The Government keeps all taxes and tax reliefs under review.

“In 2017 HMRC set up a Working Group with the charity sector to improve people’s understanding of Gift Aid and to review any areas of the process that can be improved. One of the issues that has come up as part of that working group is the question of whether charity shops could stop sending letters to their donors if the goods that have been donated have been sold for less than a certain amount, for example £20.

“The working group is continuing to explore all options, and officials are meeting with members of the working group to discuss this specific issue in April.”