Merging income tax and national insurance would provide huge Gift Aid boost, tax experts claim

• It has been recommended by the Office of Tax Simplification that national insurance should be included in the income tax. If this would be implemented it would mean that the value of gift aid would increase by a significant amount since gift aid could then be claimed on national insurance as well as income tax.
• If the proposal came true charities would receive £0.47 per pound donated as opposed to £0.25 per pound which is what they currently receive.
• Although it's clear that this would have a huge impact on the the charity sector it's very unlikely that the British government would allow the new scheme to be realised.

Source: Guardian