To be annoyed the charity shop called me rude

I have been asked to do gift aid and I say I am sorry I can't and that ends the conversation. I have never been asked for my postcode first so gift aid can be applied, and the "I have a business to run" comment is very rude.

but she says she is a non tax payer and therefore cannot do gift aid.

I've never been asked.
If not happy take the clothes back at the time and take somewhere else?

They weren’t asking for his details. They were asking for OP’s…as the person making the donation.

It was OP who quite randomly brought her husband into the conversation.

You’ve misunderstood the poster, who was referring to the bags that come through the door and are collected from your doorstep a few days later. Those collections are for a business which has said it will donate a percentage of their profit to charity. The percentage is usually very small

I've never done a self assessment so only going by what others have said. I still wouldn't give out DH's details and I'd be pissed off if he gave out mine.

Here is the template!

It’s not the items donated. The shop sends you a letter with an amount they have claimed for selling your items. You then have to declare this if you complete a self assessment. Trust me it’s a ball ache having to save these letters and then declare the amounts claimed for the last tax year when you get round to doing it.

One of the worst I’ve had was when I’d phoned ahead and made sure they wanted my stuff and then when I brought it in the old man sitting behind the desk rolled his eyes and sighed at me.
I said “the lady on the phone agreed to take it” and he replied “there are no ladies working here”, obviously making a ‘joke with a jag’ at his female colleague’s expense. 😑

@PinkSparklyPussyCat, then other people are wrong. You don't have to declare donations to a charity shop on your tax return!!

You have to list cash donations.

Can you explain why that’s a bad thing?

You are very clearly over invested in a stranger yourself.

I can't believe you needed that to be explained.

Other people have mentioned having to declare it on a self assessment and receiving a tax bill. No way would I sod about with that for the sake of a charity getting a couple of quid extra!

Then you must feel embarrassed for yourself right now.

I always just say no when I get asked about Gift Aid. No one has ever been rude. She sounds pretty obnoxious.

have to mark down what price they are charging for each item that any particular person has brought in, and then if that item sells the cashier has to refer back to their paper work/computer to reference whether the person who donated the item pays tax or not?

I have volunteered for two large high street charities, both use gift aid barcodes. So each donor who is registered for gift aid has their own gift aid number and we print off stickers with their barcode number. Then when selling the item, you scan the barcode and then enter the price. The software does all the rest of it.

@PlayingDevilsAdvocateisinteresting when someone is registered for gift aid their donation has a sticker with a code on.
When the customer goes to buy the product the assistant scans the price tag and then scans the gift aid sticker. It's all done electronically.
If the donations are from a non gift aid registered person they will just have a price ticket.

Sorry that last message is mine was meant to be in response to knottedtwine. But I'm a bit new here

Exactly.

Registering your details to be a GA donor is entirely voluntary. If you do sign up (by completing a few details and signing a declaration), you receive a donor number to make future drop offs. Asking for a postcode/surname is just quicker sometimes eg if people have forgotten their donor card. We don't use those details for anything else.

Marketing/advertising/leafletting for charity organisations (like most) is run nationally, nothing to do with individual shops.

@SonjaBarkerFinch it's not odd to feel second hand embarrassment when reading things online lol I'm not overly invested in this thread or other posters but seeing someone being a nob for no reason does stand out to me

People saying OP should have given out the husband's postcode - if he's self employed and/or does a lot of charity donations it can actually be a hassle to keep track of gift aid for tax returns and at a certain point I think you can end up having to pay it back, so even as a spouse it might not be reasonable to share it without asking

I have only read page one so apologies if someone else was as ignorant as me!

I don't pay tax on my income - legally! But I would still like to understand how places like charity shops can get gift aid on donated products? I understand it perfectly for monetary donations, but for donations like used clothes or furniture etc, does the manager or someone else trusted to do so, have to mark down what price they are charging for each item that any particular person has brought in, and then if that item sells the cashier has to refer back to their paper work/computer to reference whether the person who donated the item pays tax or not?

Sorry, I don't think I am wording this very well at all - basically I don't understand the logistics involved in getting gift-aid for products rather than money directly!
Many thanks to anyone who replies.

You should have said ‘im not a tax payer’ and that would have resolved all issues

It’s odd you fee embarrassed for strangers online. I guess that’s where the over investment part comes in.