I have been coaxing my wing squadrons towards claiming and recently did a presentation to my wing exec on the issue. The issue I had was that almost all squadrons are registered but last year only 4 claimed according to the F60s. Committees change, new people are untrained by the people leaving, the claims changed from paper based to online only. hence the funding source is missed.
So as others have said you do need a signed declaration from parents, these must be tax payers. You can also claim on bag packs undertaken since April 17 only, your pay in slip is copied and retained in case of HMRC audit. Any £50 notes CANNOT be claimed on, £20s are fine, You do not need any signed consents for this.
With say 40 cadets paying subs at £10 a month then your GA claim once you have got most parents signed up will be £500 or so a year, add to that your GASDS claim at 25% of your bag pack take, its a nice earlier BUT takes some time and patience setting up.
However once you are set up providing you have signed consents you can go back 4 tax years.
I dont get here that often but if anyone needs step by step help in how to set up GA for your squadron PM me with your e mail address. You can then populate that around your wing via your wing chair or wing secretary.
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