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Originally Posted by mobertol
Here in Italy we can sign a sort of covenant on our tax returns -mine usually goes towards assistance for natural disasters, Earthquakes, landslides etc in Italy.
Last year I gave it to a vet I know who has set up a research group locally into the breeding of animals for organ donation.
A tax return on other charity donations I've never heard of...
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As long as the charity is registered as "Official", or some such nonesense, and issues you an official receipt, you can claim. You can also claim part of your donations to a political party.
What I can't understand is why charity is necessary in wealthy countries such as the UK. Too many folks are being left behind. Too few have too much. The UK, like the US, has a massive gap between the poor and the wealthy. In England there is little social mobility, and this is exacerbated by the obvious class differnces. Most social problems have their roots in this inequality. Watch out for riots in major cities this summer. Those who have nothing to lose have everything to gain. The greed of the "haves" is probably what will precipitate a crisis. It happened in France in 1787. Charity is not enough. Equality and social mobility is what is needed. One only has to look at Denmark, for example, to see this.