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Specialist advice on how you can make more of your charitable giving.

If you make regular donations to favourite charities, how much more could they benefit if you were to make full use of all the tax incentives available for charitable giving?

Many people take advantage of such schemes as Gift Aid or Give As You Earn to maximise the amount received by their nominated charity through reclamation of tax.  If you wish to donate larger amounts, however, the best way to support the causes closest to your heart is to set up your own charity through a Charitable Trust – and that’s where the experts at Pagan Osborne come in.

Our charities specialists will take care of the necessary arrangements to gain official recognition of the charitable status of your Trust and then provide ongoing legal, administrative and accountancy support for as long as you wish, just as we do already for numerous small family Trusts and large corporate charitable foundations.

You can call your charity anything you like, whether to reflect support for a particular cause or perhaps to ensure a family name lives on.  And not only will you be able to increase the amount of money available to your chosen charities, setting up a Charitable Trust is an ideal way to potentially reduce your own personal tax liabilities too.  

So if you want to make more of your charitable giving – whether now or after your death through instructions in your Will – trust our charities specialists in Edinburgh and Fife for the very best in expert advice and practical assistance every step of the way.

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    • Did you know charitable giving can be a good form of tax planning and are you aware of the benefits of making financial gifts?
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