Tax on philanthropy is another Coalition own goal | Herald Scotland

Tax on philanthropy is another Coalition own goal | Herald Scotland: The Coalition Government could hardly have got it more wrong.

In their zeal to tidy up anomalies in the tax system they have already upset pensioners with the "granny tax" and caused ludicrous argument over the temperature of sausage rolls by imposing VAT on hot food. Now they have put charities at risk of losing hundreds of millions of pounds by alienating many of the country's most generous supporters of good causes.