Maximizing Your Donation Through Tax Relief

The government's Charitable Donation Scheme allows tax relief on qualifying donations made to approved charities.  The rate of tax relief for charities is a blended rate of 31% for all donors, regardless of their actual tax rate. 

The gross donation is calculated as 100% / (100% – 31%) = 144.93% of the net donation, meaning the tax relief works out to 44.93% of the net donation—approximately 45% of what you paid.  

In 2023, we received €13,062 through tax relief, supporting the long-term establishment of a Vipassana centre in Ireland.  

The CHY3 tax form enables the Irish Vipassana Trust to claim tax back for any year in which you donated €250 or more. It is at no additional expense to you. You are not eligible to receive the tax credits yourself, as they are only relevant to registered charities. 

We have these forms available at the donations table after year course.

Name of eligible charity: Irish Vipassana Trust

I certify that for the tax year 20XX, I have made a donation of €XXX amount to the approved body.  If you know how much you donated last year by checking your bank accounts, please write the year and total you donated for the year. Similarly, if you donate this year, please write in the total amount to date. If you plan to make another donation later this year, you could complete the form then again with the updated amount. 

Please tick the box if you are associated with the approved body named in this certificate: No need to tick as we do not have employees.  

Sign & Date: It's important that you sign and date it. It cannot be an e-signature. It needs to be pen to paper signature due to government requirements.  Please print it and email us a scanned copy of it or else post it to us. 

Submit the completed form:

• Email:  finance@ie.dhamma.org or 

• Post:  Irish Vipassana Trust, The Stone Barn, Mountbagnall Riverstown, Dundalk, Louth