A plan to boost donations to charities has proposed ending tax-deductible giving to private schools, but the move has been shut down by the federal government.
A plan to stop private schools collecting tax-deductible donations for major building programs has been killed off by the federal government despite the Productivity Commission declaring the nation’s charitable giving system was no longer “fit for purpose”.
According to the commission, this would sharply increase the number of charities receiving support, from around 25,000 now to between 30,000 and 40,000.report, released Thursday, would also end the charitable status of 5,000 school building funds and organisations that provide religious education in government schools.
“However, there is little doubt that substitution – broadly defined – between donations and fees does occur,” it found. Many principals and private sector representative bodies fiercely opposed the proposals when the commission first raised them last year, saying the move to strip tax-deductible gift recipient status from school building funds would put financial pressure on families and lead to further fee hikes.
Charities Minister Andrew Leigh says the government will not back a proposal to cut donations to private school building funds.Leigh said while the government, which has set a target of doubling charitable giving, would not back the changes to school building funds, the government would consider the other recommendations.
While the total value of donations has climbed over recent decades, a smaller proportion of the public is giving.
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