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Parochial Fees _______________________________________ 4 th June 2019 Yvonne Thompson & Steve Thomas What are Parochial Fees? Statutory fees that legally belong to the DBF Issued by the National Church at the beginning of


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Parochial Fees

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4th June 2019

Yvonne Thompson & Steve Thomas

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What are Parochial Fees?

  • “Statutory fees that legally belong to the DBF”
  • Issued by the National Church at the beginning of

each year

  • Fees are based on the costs of ministry; making the

church available; routine administration

  • PCC / benefice act as agents on behalf of the DBF

and handle all payments

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The PCC Element

PCC fees have been calculated to include a location/building element based on national statistics for the overall costs of repairs and maintenance of church buildings and the number

  • f hours in use.

Also included is an element for administration and cost of lighting. Burial fees also include an element for the maintenance of the church and churchyard.

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Extras that can be charged

  • Heating
  • Services of a verger
  • Services of an organist, choir or bell-ringers
  • Sheet or recorded music that has to be specially

purchased

  • The provision of recorded or taped music
  • The taking of films, video or sound recordings
  • Flowers
  • Special furnishings
  • Organist
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Best Practice

  • Frequency of returns
  • Payments – BACS, CHQ reference Parish + Fees
  • Bishop’s Guidelines
  • Fees are not payable to stipendiary clergy, SSMs, Chaplains or Readers,

although they may claim travel expenses.

  • Mistakes can be rectified and reconciled – contact Yvonne
  • Ideally a service per line rather than multiples added together as it is

easier to see if there has been an over/under payment

  • Nil Returns
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Bishops’ Guidelines

  • These work alongside the fees and cover the majority of

queries and idiosyncrasies which may arise in determining the fees and can be found on the website: http://www.bathandwells.org.uk/supporting- parishes/finances/for-treasurers/parochial-fees/

  • There are also guidelines issued by the National Church:

https://www.churchofengland.org/more/clergy- resources/national-clergy-hr/life-events-parochial-fees-and- guidance/guide-church

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Declaration of NIL return of Parochial Fees

Parish _________________________________________________ Benefice _________________________________________________ Incumbent _________________________________________________ Name of person who makes the returns _________________________ Email Address _______________________________________________ Year ended 31 December 20____ We declare that there are no parochial fees due to the Bath & Wells Diocesan Board of Finance for Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Signed (Incumbent) ______________________________________________ Signed (Treasurer) ______________________________________________

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Waiving Parochial Fees

  • The Incumbent or Priest in Charge (P-in-C) has the right to waive

the DBF fee only “in a particular case” or in cases of financial hardship - cannot issue a blanket waiver of fees. They also have the right to waive the PCC fee after consulting with the Churchwardens

  • No fee for children under 16
  • The DBF will have to find the additional fund for stipends

elsewhere

  • If PCC waive their element, DBF portion is still due
  • PCCs will approach the Area Dean in the case of a vacancy
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Retired Ministers with PTO

  • It is the responsibility of the churchwarden arranging the service to

ensure that any visiting clergy have PTO (Permission To Officiate). No payment will be made by the DBF to visiting clergy who do not have PTO.

  • Funeral Directors have been instructed to make all payments to

the PCC/benefice

  • Retired Ministers will approach the PCC/benefice for their

apportionment of fees and travel expenses

  • Should the Retired Minister refuse a fee, then the whole fee

(excluding the PCC element) is payable to the DBF

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Fee Audits

  • Every year a selection of 12 Benefices are selected for an

annual fee audit (some randomly and some on a risk basis)

  • The DBF officers will be comparing the fee returns submitted

with the service registers for completeness and accuracy

  • It is hoped that they will assist the PCCs with good practice

and record keeping

  • Queries are followed up shortly after each audit and any

necessary recommendations made

  • Audits are not a fault finding mission – we really are very

friendly!

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FAQs

  • Two bodies in one plot or an additional body in a pre-existing

plot

  • Other denominations
  • Readers
  • Banns & Renewal of vows
  • Thanksgiving/Memorials
  • PCC want to waive their element of the fee
  • Email – “I declare that all information provided on this form is true,

correct and agreed to the parish records and registers.”

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Date Ref* Name Church Name of Officiant Retired Clergy Fee £ PCC Fee £ DBF Fee £

01/04/18 M Smith/Jones St Lucy's Rev Jolie £240.00 £201.00 06/04/18 F White St Lucy's Rev Jolie £87.00 £103.00 06/04/18 CR White St Lucy's Rev Jolie £27.00 06/04/18 BCM White St Lucy's Rev Jolie £27.00 05/05/18 FCRB Green St Lucy's Rev Jolie £29.00 £161.00 12/05/18 FCRB Apple St Lucy's Rev Chapman (PTO) £29.00 £161.00 21/05/18 VT White St Lucy's Rev Jolie £59.00 £13.00 05/06/18 M Baker/Cake St Lucy's Rev Chapman (PTO) £134.00 £240.00 £67.00 14/06/18 FCRB Booker St Lucy's Rev Jolie £87.00 £103.00 14/06/18 CR Booker St Lucy's Rev Jolie £27.00 20/06/18 BACHS Booker St Lucy's Rev Jolie £40.00 £118.00 * See Appendix for details

Declaration & Signatures Signatures

Payment Method

PCC Officer or Incumbent Cheque Enclosed Date Paid by BACS £1,008.00 I declare that all information provided on this form is true, correct and agreed to the parish records and registers.

£134.00 £811.00

PARISH (if not for whole benefice):

St Lucy's

BENEFICE/TEAM MINISTRY:

Sunshine Valley

INCUMBENT/PRIEST IN CHARGE:

Rev I Jollie

FEES CONTACT NAME:

Wilfred Pleasant

CONTACT DETAILS (Tel./email):

01234 567891

MONTH / QUARTER:

Q3

Office use only Parish Ref: Banked:  Date: __/__/18 Complete: 

Please note all Reference codes, Fees and user notes can be found on separate appendix

  • tab. Any queries, please

contact: Yvonne Thompson Tel: 01749 685125

  • r email:
Yvonne.Thompson@bathwells.anglican.org
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Example Workshop

  • How to access the fee return via the website!
  • https://www.bathandwells.org.uk/
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Gift Aid

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4th June 2019

Steve Thomas & Yvonne Thompson

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Gift Aid

  • Basic Principles:

– There has to be a gift; donation of money with NO benefit – Donor must pay sufficient UK Income or Capital Gains tax

  • Gift Aid Declaration - name, house name, post code, signature
  • Submitting Claims:

– Time limit is 4 years – Interim claims, anytime – Aggregation – add together donations over £20 up to a total of £1,000 – Completing the Schedule – simple description, date of last donation & amount

  • Record Keeping: Keep for 6 years - Bank Statements, Declarations,

working papers, envelopes

  • Envelopes – Sue Whitehead £5 per 100
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Gift Aid

  • Parish Resources :

https://www.parishresources.org.uk/giftaid/claiming/

  • Gift Aid Guide : https://www.bathandwells.org.uk/wp-

content/uploads/2019/05/gift-aid-guide-2019may.pdf

  • Sue Whitehead: sue.whitehead@bathwells.anglican.org
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Fig.1 shows an example of how to complete the schedule. For more information follow the link below. You must be connected to the internet to access the guidance. Charities online guidance Fig.1 Examples Title up to 4 characters First name or initial up to 35 characters with no spaces,

  • r just enter an initial

Last name up to 35 characters House name or number up to 40 characters Postcode UPPER CASE and include a space Aggregated donations a simple description up to 35 characters - DON'T enter Yes or Not Applicable. Sponsored event enter Yes or leave blank Donation date (DD/MM/YY) DON'T use hyphens or full stops Amount DON'T use a £ sign Prof Henry House Martin 152A M99 2QD 24/03/15 240.00 Mr John Smith 100 Champs Elysees, Paris X 24/06/15 250.00 One off Gift Aid donations 31/03/15 880.00 Miss B Chaudry 21 L43 4FB Yes 26/04/15 80.00

Enter details from here

Earliest donation date in the period of claim. (DD/MM/YY) Box 1 11/11/17 Previously over-claimed amount. Leave blank if none Box 2 Don't use a £ sign Item Title First name Last name House name or number Postcode Aggregated donations Sponsored event Donation date Amount

(Yes/blank) (DD/MM/YY)

1 Dr Ian Brown West Lynch Cottage BA2 3PB 11/11/2017 40.00 3 Amanda Jones Elehthera BA2 4PB 02/01/2018 90.00 4 William Smith 73 BA2 5PB 15/01/2018 80.00 5 Licensing Service - Corfe 18/01/2018 15.00 6 Diane Thomas Saffins House BA2 6PB 26/01/2018 30.00 7 Mr Timothy Stoke Highs Farm BA2 7PB 11/02/2018 34.00 8 Licensing Service - Pilton 11/02/2018 68.00 10 Nigel Hamilton South Hill House BA2 8PB 01/03/2018 200.00 11 Lent - Chipstable & Clatworthy 25/03/2018 30.00 12 Ms Ruth Roberts 24 BA2 9PB 30/03/2018 5.00 13 The total below is automatically calculated from the amounts you enter in the schedule. Total donations: £592.00

Donations schedule table

Gift Aid donations schedule

Get it right first time - how to complete this schedule:

* Don't change the layout of the schedule or change the name of the worksheet. * Save the schedule as a .ods file not a Microsoft Excel .xlsx file, for example Gift Aid Jan 2014.ods. * If any section isn't applicable leave it blank. Don't enter N/A or Nil. * Don't include blank spaces or other characters at the start or end of boxes. * Don't leave a blank row between donations. * Enter the house name or number and the postcode of all donors that live in the UK. For donors living abroad, enter their address and put X in the 'Postcode' column. * Stay within the maximum of 1,000 rows of donations. * Aggregated donations are donations under £20 from different people totalling less than £1000 per line. When you add together donations from the same donor, you must leave the aggregated donations column blank. * For sponsored events enter the participant's name and address, the date collected, and the total amount raised. Don't include any donations over £500 – these must be shown separately as normal Gift Aid donations. For aggregated donations, this date may be earlier than any date entered in the donation date column of the donations schedule table below. Make sure you show the tax not the donation. This amount will be deducted from your claim.

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GASDS – Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme

  • Different scheme to Gift Aid
  • Claimed in Tax years
  • Back Claims: ~ 2 years
  • Donations up to & including £30 cash or contactless

(from 6 April 2019) – at any one time

  • Single church parishes can claim up to £8,000
  • Multi church parishes can claim up to £8,000 per

church per year

  • Donor information not required
  • https://www.parishresources.org.uk/giftaid/smalldonations/
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Fig.1 Examples Building name (up to 160 characters) First line of address (up to 40 characters) Postcode UPPER CASE and include a space Tax year 1 ending 5 April (include tax year 3 claims in this column) Amount of donations received in tax year 1 (£) (include tax year 3 claims in this column) Tax year 2 ending 5 April Amount of donations received in tax year 2 (£) The Vault 22 Liberty Place L20 3UD 2014 1500.00 2015 2500.00 The Vault 22 Liberty Place L20 3UD 2016 2000.00 Bootle Village Hall 11A Grange Road L20 1KL 2015 1750.00

£615.00

Item Building name First line of address Postcode Tax year 1 ending 5 April Amount of donations received in tax year 1 Tax year 2 ending 5 April Amount of donations received in tax year 2

(£) (£)

1 St Swithuns

Bath BA1 7RS

2017 123.00

4 St Peter's Church

Longfellow Road BA3 3YZ

2017 123.00

6 St Francis of Assisi

Saxon Green TA6 4JA

2017 123.00

10 St John the Evangelist

Queens Road BS21 7TH

2017 123.00

13 All Saints

Church Lane BA2 0AN

2017 123.00

14 The total below is calculated from the amounts you enter into the schedule.

Total of all amounts:

Community buildings table

Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS) community buildings

Get it right first time - how to complete this schedule:

* Don't enter an amount over the GASDS limit of £5000 (for donations received before 6 April 2016) or £8000 (for donations received on 6 April 2016 onwards). * GASDS are claimed by tax year - not on your accounting period. Please ensure you separate donations into tax years. * GASDS must be claimed within two years. If it has been more than two years then your GASDS will now be out of date. * Don't change the layout of the schedule or change the name of the worksheet. * Save the schedule as a .ods file not a Microsoft Excel .xlsx file, for example Gift Aid Jan 2014.ods. * If any section isn't applicable leave it blank. Don't enter N/A or Nil. * Don't include blank spaces or other characters at the start or end of boxes. * Don't leave a blank row between donations. * Stay within the maximum of 500 rows of donations. * Enter values in pounds sterling including pence. Fig.1 shows an example of how to complete the schedule. For more information follow the link below. You must be connected to the internet to access the guidance. Charities Online guidance

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After Today

  • ‘Treasurers Learning Network’ Luke 14-28 Forum

 Register to sign up today or email jessica.cook@bathwells.anglican.org  Go to independent Yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Luke14-28

  • Treasurer’s Newsletters
  • Cashbook and Independent Examiner’s Training
  • Occasional roadshows on ‘hot’topics’ – contactless giving
  • Treasurer’s Training Day – 27th September 2019
  • Funding and giving contact:

Sue.whitehead@bathwells.anglican.org