The people donating money voluntarily to the government

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I can't believe people actively donate money to the government voluntarily, either through payments, or money left in their wills. Why the hell do it? There's so many thousands of good causes out there so much more deserving than this. Especially so as we pay enough in taxes as it is regardless of which party is in power and the rampant corruption like we had with the previous tory government. I'll bet it won't be much better with this one over time, either.

As Keir Starmer struggles to balance the government's books - and his staff pay bill - help is at hand: people making voluntary donations to the nation’s coffers.

Already this year, 18 people have handed over almost £620,000 without the taxman even asking for it, according to figures obtained by the BBC in a freedom of information request.

In the past two decades a total of 153 donations have been made to the Treasury, including 27 people who left money to the chancellor in their will.

It has bolstered the national accounts by £4,729,091.92 since 2003, equivalent to 0.00004% of total government spending this year.

Members of the public can make a direct bank transfer to HM Treasury to go towards public expenditure.

Secret gifts from public swell Treasury's coffers

So far this year 18 people have handed over almost £620,000 to the government without being asked.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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And then there are tax returns which is a result of over-estimating income taxes and is effectively an interest free loan to the IRS. But at least it's a loan, right?