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COMMUNITY SPORT IS TAX WINNER Community sport will benefit as tens of thousands of clubs gain from Government changes to help community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) ease their tax bills. From today, many CASCs can be better off if they
register with the Inland Revenue to claim tax reliefs, which mean: Welcoming the new tax package for sport in the community, Treasury Minister John Healey said: "We want to encourage as many people as possible - particularly young people - to take up sport. These measures will make it easier for local sports clubs to offer them the chance. "Sports clubs play an invaluable role in their communities. Local people give their time willingly and voluntarily to make these clubs work. Despite the improved Charity Commission guidance issued in April, not all-amateur sports clubs can apply for the tax benefits of charitable status. The new tax package rectifies this, offering clubs many of the benefits of charitable status. "I hope that as many clubs as possible will now register for the tax breaks - it is simple to do and could bring huge benefits." back to top Sports Minister Richard Caborn said: "This is great news for amateur sport. Building on the work done by DCMS, the Charity Commission and Sport England on improved guidance for sport, this package should ensure that no amateur club will miss out on a range of real financial benefits." Trevor Brooking CBE, Chairman of Sport England, welcomed the change: "Combined with the Charity Commission's extension of charitable status, which will also benefit many of these clubs, this tax relief change will benefit grass roots sport. It will help clubs off the pitch so they can perform better on it." The Charity Commission announced in November 2001 that it would recognise as charitable "the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of facilities for the playing of particular sports". DCMS subsequently worked with the Commission on the improved guidance for sport which was published in April 2002. However, Treasury and DCMS consultation with CASCs and their representative bodies revealed that CASCs who could not, or did not want to, apply for charitable status needed an alternative system of support. The tax relief package was designed to meet these
concerns and ensure that community sport in the UK is put on the best
possible basis to encourage and develop local talent. For a great
many clubs, charitable status remains appropriate and offers wider
benefits, including: LIST OF ACTIVITIES RECOGNISED BY THE SPORTS COUNCILS AT JULY 2002 Aikido Handball Racketball American Football Hang/Para Gliding Rackets Angling Highland Games Raquetball Archery Hockey Rambling Arm Wrestling Horse Racing Real Tennis Association Football Hovering Roller Hockey Athletics Hurling Roller Skating Australian Rules Football Ice Hockey Rounders Badminton Ice Skating Rowing Ballooning Jet Skiing Rugby Union Baseball Ju Jitsu Sailing Basketball Judo Sand/Land Yachting Baton Twirling Kabaddi Shinty Biathlon Karate Shooting Bicycle Polo Kendo Skateboarding Billiards and Snooker Korfball Skiing Bobsleigh Lacrosse Skipping Boccia Lawn Tennis Snowboarding Bowls Life Saving Softball Boxing Luge Sombo wrestling Camogie Modern Pentathlon Squash Canoeing Motor Cycling Skater/Street Hockey Caving Motor Sports Sub-Aqua Chinese Martial Arts Mountaineering Surf Life Saving Cricket Movement Exercise & Fitness Racketball Surfing Croquet Netball Swimming & Divning Crossbow Orienteering Table Tennis Curling Parachuting Taekwondo Cycling Petanque Tang Soo Do Disability Sport Polo Tenpin Bowling Dragon Boat Racing Pony Trekking Trampolining Equestrian Pool Triathon Fencing Quoits Tug of War Fives Unihoc Flying Volleyball Gaelic Football Waterskiing Gliding Weightlifting Golf Wrestling Gymnastics Yoga |
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