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29 November 2011
Charity Finance Directors’ Group (CFDG) is pleased at the Government’s plans to introduce the long-awaited VAT cost sharing exemption, announced today in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement document.
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16 November 2011
The Government and Payment Councils’ responses to the Treasury Select Committee future of cheques report were published today.
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1 November 2011
CFDG and PKF Accountants & business advisers have today published their tenth annual risk report, titled, ‘Managing Risk: Operating in the new world’.
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27 October 2011
CFDG welcomes a statement published this week by the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) on how donated stock and incoming resources from non-exchange transactions should be measured.
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27 October 2011
CFDG welcome the publication of the Charity Commission’s new guidance on investment for charities, ‘Charities and Investment Matters’.
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11 October 2011
Principles of Good Impact Reporting consultation launched
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10 October 2011
Charity fundraisers and finance professionals are encouraged to share their experiences of the recession in the latest Managing in a Downturn survey, launched today.
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6 October 2011
How does your charitys finance function measure up
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4 October 2011
With only one month to go to this year’s national Trustees’ Week, Monday 31st October – 6th November, Trustees’ Week partners are encouraging local charities and organisations to hold their own events to celebrate the work of their trustees and encourage new people to volunteer in this unique way.
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30 September 2011
Shared services VAT costs are a major obstacle to effective collaboration, an alliance of organisations has warned today.
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12 September 2011
Charity Finance Directors’ Group (CFDG) is pleased to announce that Ian Theodorsen, chief finance officer with the Church of England has been elected as CFDG’s new chair.
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24 August 2011
Charity Finance Directors’ Group (CFDG) supports calls from the Commons Treasury Select Committee that banks should not attempt to abandon cheques by stealth or deter customers from using them, as outlined in their Future of Cheques report published today.
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22 August 2011
Charity Finance Directors’ Group has published the latest version of its Foreign Currency Map.
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29 July 2011
CFDG to raise concerns about new accountancy rules for charities with the Accounting Standards Board
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21 July 2011
CFDG and NCVO partner-up in opening insolvency helpline
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12 July 2011
Charity Finance Directors’ Group commends the Payment Council’s decision to cancel the target end date for cheques, announced today.
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4 July 2011
New Head of Policy and Public Affairs at CFDG
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30 June 2011
NGOs lead the way on zero-tolerance to bribery
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29 June 2011
CFDG has today released a briefing paper outlining the key proposals for an accounting standard for Public Benefit Entities (PBEs) being consulted on by the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) in Financial Reporting Exposure Draft 45 (FRED 45).
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28 June 2011
Charity Finance Directors’ Group and National Council for Voluntary Organisations welcome the launch of the consultation on implementation of Article 132 (1) (f) of the Principal VAT Directive – the VAT exemption on sharing services. Sharing back office and other services has the potential to generate significant cost savings for charities; however, at present the addition of VAT prevents this type of collaboration from being worthwhile.
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16 June 2011
Charity Finance Directors’ Group (CFDG) welcome the Payments Council’s commitment, made in yesterday’s Treasury Select Committee meeting, to improve the communication around the 2018 target end date for cheques.
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15 June 2011
The Charity Finance Directors’ Group has responded to HM Treasury’s consultation on the Fair Deal policy, stating that the current arrangements cannot continue if more charities are to be involved in public service provision.
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23 May 2011
The Charity Finance Directors’ Group welcome the recognition of the importance of tax incentives to encourage giving and support for the Funding Commission’s recommendations outlined in the Government’s Giving White Paper, launched today following a period of consultation. In their response to the Giving Green Paper, CFDG highlighted concerns that some of the ideas presented lacked teeth in terms of the real impact they could have on the sector and on giving culture in the UK.
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19 April 2011
Finance professionals in the charity sector are working longer hours, work-life balance is getting worse and there is increasing pressure on staff as the downturn continues according to CFDG’s latest Salary Survey, undertaken by independent market research agency Critical Research, and supported by thankQ.
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23 March 2011
CFDG are delighted to see genuine reflection on the involvement of the charity sector in the delivering the country’s economic recovery.
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10 March 2011
Charity Finance Directors’ Group has responded to the Giving Green Paper, welcoming the paper’s emphasis on giving both time and money.
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16 February 2011
Charity Finance Directors’ Group (CFDG), Institute of Fundraising (IoF) and Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) have today released ‘CRM Implementation’, a publication compiling case studies and articles on implementing customer relationship management systems within the charity sector.
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16 February 2011
CFDG welcome the Charity Commission’s initial conclusions on its future strategy, which were released today after a period of extensive consultation.
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9 February 2011
Charity Finance Directors’ Group is delighted to publish ‘Impact Reporting in the UK Charity Sector’, summarising research carried out by two students from Cass Business School.
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8 February 2011
The Charity Finance Directors’ Group (CFDG) and Stamp Out Poverty have released Better FX, a best practice publication aimed at helping charities save money through improving their foreign exchange procurement practices.
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27 January 2011
The latest figures in the National Fraud Authority’s (NFA) Annual Fraud Indicator show that no area of society is immune from the danger of fraud, including charities.