Cheat the taxman

While waiting for a shower at Greenbelt I had the unfortunate experience of being able to hear the large communion service.

There were many things about it that I didn't like, but my favourite was based around the collection.


All the congregation members were asked to sit in groups of up to 20 on their arrival so they could be handed a worship bag. I think it contained communion stuff, hymn sheets and envelopes for money with space for the gift aid to be completed.

Once the time came for the collection to be taken the process was announced from the stage

"if you are a UK tax payer then please can you complete the gift aid part on the envelope, and if you're not then give your donation to someone else in your party who is, so Greenbelt can claim the tax back"

Thus encouraging a large group of people to cheat the taxman via gift aid.