Section 414 — Income Tax Act 2007: Relief for gifts to charity

Relief for gifts to charity 414 1 An individual who makes a gift to a charity which is a qualifying donation is entitled to the relief set out in subsection (2).

2 The Income Tax Acts have effect in their application to the individual for the tax year in which the gift is made as if—

a the gift had been made after deduction of income tax at the basic rate, and b the basic rate limit and the higher rate limit (see section 10 ) and additionally, in the case of a Scottish taxpayer, were increased by an amount equal to the grossed up amount of the gift. the upper limit for the Scottish basic rate and the limits for any Scottish rates above the Scottish basic rate, 3 See subsection (7) of section 535 of ITTOIA 2005 (gains from contracts for life insurance etc: top slicing relief) for provision about how relief under this Chapter is to be ignored for the purpose of calculating relief under that section.