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Our Charity Update provides the latest tax news and developments.
4th March 2015
Women in Science
Fieldfisher will host an evening of lectures in support of Women In Science.
Fieldfisher
16 February 2015
HMRC launches Charities Digital Service
A digital service allows new charities to register their details with HMRC for tax purposes.
HM Revenue & Customs
10 February 2015
Charity Commission decision on Cambridge Target Shooting Association
The Charity Commission refuses registration of this Association as a charity because of a lack of evidence of the benefit to health through participation in target shooting.
The Charity Commission
9 February 2015
Claims by non-profit making members’ sports clubs for overpaid VAT on supplies of sporting services made to non-members
HMRC publishes guidance for members' clubs on repayment claims following the European Court of Justice's decision in Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club Ltd (Case C-495/12) that supplies of sporting services by members' clubs to non-members are exempt.
HM Revenue & Customs
9 February 2015
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to publish charities' annual reports and accounts on its website
OSCR intends to publish the annual reports and accounts of charities with incomes over £25,000 on its website by the end of 2015.
Civil Society
5 February 2015
Fieldfisher dares to prove that UK doesn't need regionalised trade mark system
Fieldfisher obtains approval from the UK-IPO to protect the slogan SCOTLAND'S ANIMAL WELFARE CHARITY as a trade mark in Scotland alone for their client - the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - persuading the UK-IPO to go against its own policy in the process.
Fieldfisher
12 January 2015
Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) registered with HMRC
HMRC publishes a list of 6,654 sports clubs registered with HMRC as a CASC.
HM Revenue & Customs