Tax incentives not the only key to boosting giving, sector tells APPG - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Tax incentives not the only key to boosting giving, sector tells APPG - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: "The British public has the capacity to give more, but there is no consensus as to whether and what tax incentives can encourage more philanthropy, it was evident at a meeting of sector representatives in Westminster yesterday.

Karl Wilding (pictured), head of research at NCVO and one of the speakers at the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Voluntary Sector meeting at the House of Commons, called for a sector-wide debate into the role of tax in giving. Whether tax mechanisms should used as an incentive to get people giving or as leverage by charities requires much more investigation, he said. “We need a discussion.”"