| One for the legal bods 15:10 - Jul 18 with 2107 views | factual_blue |
Can a donation be mandatory? |  |
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| One for the legal bods on 15:11 - Jul 18 with 2091 views | Keno |
Where's Bully when we need him |  |
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| One for the legal bods on 15:15 - Jul 18 with 2056 views | WeWereZombies |
I'm not a legal bod but, with my retired Financial Controller hat on, if someone presented me with an expenses claim that included a 'mandatory donation' on it I would strike it out and tell them they made the donation at their own discretion and can bear it out of their own pocket. |  |
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| One for the legal bods on 15:25 - Jul 18 with 2018 views | factual_blue |
| One for the legal bods on 15:11 - Jul 18 by Keno |
Where's Bully when we need him |
Now there's a question begged if ever I saw one. | |
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| One for the legal bods on 15:25 - Jul 18 with 2017 views | Buhrer |
| One for the legal bods on 15:11 - Jul 18 by Keno |
Where's Bully when we need him |
At a Blues festival tapping those size 6s? |  | | |
| One for the legal bods on 15:27 - Jul 18 with 2004 views | factual_blue |
| One for the legal bods on 15:15 - Jul 18 by WeWereZombies |
I'm not a legal bod but, with my retired Financial Controller hat on, if someone presented me with an expenses claim that included a 'mandatory donation' on it I would strike it out and tell them they made the donation at their own discretion and can bear it out of their own pocket. |
I was thinking of the donation it seems you can't avoid making to the ITFC Foundation when buying a membership.
Not that I begrudge them the money, and in fact I (inadvertently) made two 'donations'. | |
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| One for the legal bods on 15:29 - Jul 18 with 1985 views | EJP |
| One for the legal bods on 15:27 - Jul 18 by factual_blue |
I was thinking of the donation it seems you can't avoid making to the ITFC Foundation when buying a membership.
Not that I begrudge them the money, and in fact I (inadvertently) made two 'donations'. |
Saw explained elsewhere on the internet ...:
A mandatory donation means, "We're not keeping your money. We're donating it to charity. But you have to give us money to donate if you want the thing that we're offering." |  | | |
| One for the legal bods on 15:32 - Jul 18 with 1957 views | DJR |
| One for the legal bods on 15:27 - Jul 18 by factual_blue |
I was thinking of the donation it seems you can't avoid making to the ITFC Foundation when buying a membership.
Not that I begrudge them the money, and in fact I (inadvertently) made two 'donations'. |
Could you not opt for £0?
It rejected me when I put no figure in, but, rather than putting £0 in, I went for the suggested £2.
Interestingly, they don't seem to use Gift Aid which makes me wonder if the Foundation is actually a charity in its strictest sense.
EDIT: according to the website it is a charity, but maybe the arrangements they suggest don't actually make the donation a charitable donation for tax purposes, thus not attracting Gift Aid.
FURTHER EDIT: it must be the fact that the charitable donation merges with the membership fee which stops it being a charitable donation for Gift Aid purposes, but you would think this could be restructured on the website to separate out the gift aid donation because otherwise the Foundation is missing out on a bit of extra money. [Post edited 18 Jul 2024 16:09]
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| One for the legal bods on 15:33 - Jul 18 with 1951 views | SitfcB |
| One for the legal bods on 15:27 - Jul 18 by factual_blue |
I was thinking of the donation it seems you can't avoid making to the ITFC Foundation when buying a membership.
Not that I begrudge them the money, and in fact I (inadvertently) made two 'donations'. |
You can avoid it. It’s not mandatory.
Yes the box if pre-filled with £2 but it doesn’t add it to your basket, and if people are worried they can just change the £2 to £0 or leave it blank. |  |
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| One for the legal bods on 15:35 - Jul 18 with 1937 views | DJR |
| One for the legal bods on 15:33 - Jul 18 by SitfcB |
You can avoid it. It’s not mandatory.
Yes the box if pre-filled with £2 but it doesn’t add it to your basket, and if people are worried they can just change the £2 to £0 or leave it blank. |
It didn't work when I left it blank. | | | |
| One for the legal bods on 15:37 - Jul 18 with 1917 views | WeWereZombies |
| One for the legal bods on 15:27 - Jul 18 by factual_blue |
I was thinking of the donation it seems you can't avoid making to the ITFC Foundation when buying a membership.
Not that I begrudge them the money, and in fact I (inadvertently) made two 'donations'. |
Hmmm, it all seems a bit RyanAir add–ons that you have to scroll down a never ending list to prevent them bumping up the ticket. I know that the Foundation work is nothing like buying a cheap air fair but in a 'quality of mercy is not strained' manner I expect an ethical process of charity donation to be fully transparent and allowing the donor full discretion in the amount they give (see also Just Giving tacking on a seemingly unavoidable percentage for their administrative operation after you have made the donation.) | |
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| One for the legal bods on 15:41 - Jul 18 with 1885 views | SitfcB |
| One for the legal bods on 15:35 - Jul 18 by DJR |
It didn't work when I left it blank. |
Always works for me when it’s blank, but like I say don’t even need to change it as doesn’t add the total to your basket, the donation but is completely separate, just below the box where the £2 is. | |
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| One for the legal bods on 15:42 - Jul 18 with 1873 views | SitfcB |
| One for the legal bods on 15:35 - Jul 18 by DJR |
It didn't work when I left it blank. |
Never actually tried it before so just tried it, pressing the donate button adds it to your basket. Don’t press the donate button and it doesn’t add it. | |
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| One for the legal bods on 15:44 - Jul 18 with 1862 views | GlasgowBlue |
| One for the legal bods on 15:41 - Jul 18 by SitfcB |
Always works for me when it’s blank, but like I say don’t even need to change it as doesn’t add the total to your basket, the donation but is completely separate, just below the box where the £2 is. |
Correct answer |  |
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| One for the legal bods on 15:46 - Jul 18 with 1833 views | DJR |
| One for the legal bods on 15:41 - Jul 18 by SitfcB |
Always works for me when it’s blank, but like I say don’t even need to change it as doesn’t add the total to your basket, the donation but is completely separate, just below the box where the £2 is. |
Thanks for that. [Post edited 18 Jul 2024 15:47]
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| One for the legal bods on 15:59 - Jul 18 with 1769 views | Keno |
| One for the legal bods on 15:25 - Jul 18 by Buhrer |
At a Blues festival tapping those size 6s? |
do you have any evidence for that? | |
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| One for the legal bods on 16:05 - Jul 18 with 1740 views | Mookamoo |
Help run a charity and we ask for a 'suggested' donation for some things.
Means we can claim the GiftAid.
My understanding was you can't demand it, or make it mandatory. |  | | |
| One for the legal bods on 16:37 - Jul 18 with 1660 views | Buhrer |
| One for the legal bods on 15:59 - Jul 18 by Keno |
do you have any evidence for that? |
I wish. I think Phil confiscated it. | | | |
| One for the legal bods on 16:39 - Jul 18 with 1651 views | bluelagos |
| One for the legal bods on 15:11 - Jul 18 by Keno |
Where's Bully when we need him |
Chasing walkers who dare to carry rucksacks when hiking? |  |
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| One for the legal bods on 16:58 - Jul 18 with 1588 views | factual_blue |
| One for the legal bods on 15:37 - Jul 18 by WeWereZombies |
Hmmm, it all seems a bit RyanAir add–ons that you have to scroll down a never ending list to prevent them bumping up the ticket. I know that the Foundation work is nothing like buying a cheap air fair but in a 'quality of mercy is not strained' manner I expect an ethical process of charity donation to be fully transparent and allowing the donor full discretion in the amount they give (see also Just Giving tacking on a seemingly unavoidable percentage for their administrative operation after you have made the donation.) |
A work colleague was a mad Rangers fan, and went to all their home games, even though he lived in London. He used Ryanair. At one point Ryanair found a wheeze whereby they could charge an add-on for paying by card so long as there was at least one credit or debit card that was exempt from the charge. Needless to say, the card was from obscure institution like the Salt Lake City Mormon Bank.
Ever the Scotsman, Gordon tracked down and obtained the requisite card. | |
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