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AFFHO Newsflash
The most recent edition of the The Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc.(AFFHO) newsletter is now available at:http://www.affho.org/news/index.php
Register for Gift Recipient status
Not-for profit ,
incorporated historical societies and other incorporated
organizations who have the care of static and movable heritage,
including archival material, may qualify for Tax Deductible Gift
Recipient (DGR) status enabling donors to specific purpose
funds established by those bodies to be able to claim tax
deductions.
Any organisation
wishing to obtain DGR status would need to apply to the Australian
Taxation Office. There are two ways of obtaining such status:
1. By establishing a
fund for a special purpose (e.g. Building Fund, Collection Fund,
Conservation Fund, Museum Fund) and applying for DGR status.
2. By applying for
the entire organization to have DGR status. This has stricter
requirements particularly with regard to the composition of the
organisation's management committee.
A package containing
application forms and explanatory guidelines can be downloaded from
the Tax Office's website at:
http://www.ato.gov.au/nonprofit/pathway.asp?pc=001/004/006
UPDATING OF INFORMATION
To help us help you, and to ensure that we are getting information to the correct person, could you please keep us up to date regarding changes to your Management Committees especially as most groups are having their AGM after the Membership Renewals are posted. If you have given us an email address, or contact address, for your group is it still correct? In some cases a contact phone number would also be of great assistance to us. No telephone numbers will be published unless we have permission to do so. Please forward any changes to the Secretary via mail or email.
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