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Originally Posted by Quantum Bauble

It doesn't affect gift aid, it's not that they're taking a direct proportion of donations - it's that all charities (of any sort of size) will have some employed/salaried staff and so National Insurance increases mean that a larger chunk of the charity coffers will have to be paid out in NI contributions for those staff, which means less in the pot to actually go to the cause itself. TBH if you want to maximise the amount of any charitable donation going TO charity, you're better off donating to smaller/mostly/entirely voluntary local charities rather than the bigger orgs with overheads.

Though I would say any reasonable moral govt. should be considering a reduced NI rate for registered charities.

ah right thank you