HMRC has announced the launch of its new gift aid forms which will replace the forms on the 2009 Gift Aid Toolkit CD and prior internet forms.

The new forms, which can be found at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/gift-aid-toolkit.htm, are a simplification of their predecessors requiring less information on form CHA1 and less people to fill out CHV1.

A new automatic calculator on form R68i is expected to improve accuracy and new guidance relating to each individual form is now provided.