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Taxation on Sir David Kirch Christmas vouchers (FOI)

Taxation on Sir David Kirch Christmas vouchers (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 20 August 2018.

​Request

A

Are recipients of Sir David Kirch's incredibly generous Christmas vouchers required to declare them as income on their tax returns?

B

Are recipients who receive income support required to declare them as income and is their support reduced?

Response

A

The Sir David Kirch Christmas vouchers are charitable payments and therefore they are not subject to income tax. Recipients are not required to declare them as income on their tax returns.

B

Recipients of the Sir David Kirch Christmas vouchers who receive Income Support are not required to declare them as income. They are considered as charitable payments which are fully disregarded when calculating income for Income Support.

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