fittersmate Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Have only just realised that we could claim for charitable donations and wondered how far back we could claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Yes, you can, but if memory serves it depends who to. There used to be a list of recognised of recognised charities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fittersmate Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 Thank you idun. It was a donation to a cancer charity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/particulier/questions/jai-fait-des-dons-une-association-que-puis-je-deduireA live link.There is quite a big reduction. The first time we did this, it felt like we hadn't really given much... which had not been our intention. So after that, we gave extra as we knew we were going to claim money back, OK so it was a year later, but we were more in keeping with our original intention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fittersmate Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 Thank you so much for the link which was very helpful. Apparently you can only claim back 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chessfou2 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 They also have to be registered in the EU. So, UK charities OK for 2019-20, but I don't know what happens next year (1/12??) and presumably not at all 2021-2022. It was interesting that this year there was a separate line for our Notre Dame don as against the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Just in case there are some who aren’t aware of the benefit .......As a general rule, you get two thirds of any charitable donation back - straight off the bottom line.Thus, just €10 / mth will cost you just €40 for the year. There is a ‘top stop’ of around €500 / p.a. , but cheap for you and good for your chosen charity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsnips Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 [quote user="Gardian"]Just in case there are some who aren’t aware of the benefit .......As a general rule, you get two thirds of any charitable donation back - straight off the bottom line.Thus, just €10 / mth will cost you just €40 for the year. There is a ‘top stop’ of around €500 / p.a. , but cheap for you and good for your chosen charity.[/quote]Certain charities (for" personnes en difficulté" - and at present Notre Dame) are reimbursed at 75% -these normally have a limit of 552€ (2020)-Notre Dame 1000€); the Red Cross and Action Contre la faim are two among others in the 75% category , but charity request forms always show the rate somewhere. Be wary that your charity gives 75% on income tax , as others only give 75% against the IFS.The dons to other "organismes d'interet general" and reimbursed at 66% are only limited to 20% of the donor's "revenu net imposable". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Thanks for the correction Parsnips. Spot on, as always.Whichever type of charitable donation you go for, it’s really good value for both you and the recipient.Where else could you legitimately donate ten or twenty €’s / month and it only costs you a fraction of that? Assuming of course that you’ve got any tax to pay ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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