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HMRC publishes information about the estimated cost of Gift Aid and tax reliefs on
charitable donations in “Charitable Donations and Tax Reliefs Statistics”.<p>Column
(a) in Table 1 below shows the estimated cost to the public pursue of Gift Aid. Gift
Aid is paid directly to charities on donations by Income Tax taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>Column
(b) in Table 1 represents the estimated cost to the public purse of the claims for
tax reliefs on charitable donations by higher and additional Income Tax payers, primarily
declared through the Self Assessment tax return.</p>Table 1: Estimated of Income Tax
reliefs for Gift Aid:<p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Tax
Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gift Aid paid to charities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Higher
/ Additional rate relief on Gift Aid donations paid to individuals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1040</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1050</p></td><td><p>410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1190</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1260</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1270</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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