Solved: Billing / charitable texts

Anonymous · ‎05-11-2017

Why do I get charged VAT on the top of charitable texts?

adamtemp64 · ‎05-11-2017

Vat is charged on all services and has to be paid for by o2 to HMRC but the actual value of the text is what is billed so a £5 donation includes a £0.83 vat element that will be shown as vat on bill (£4.17 + £0.83 )but the charity gets the full £5 as per this old bbc news article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8169168.stm

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Anonymous · ‎05-11-2017

How can I stop a regular text to a charity?

MI5 · ‎05-11-2017

You'd have to look on the charity website you have the payment set up on I guess, for answers to both questions.

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adamtemp64 · ‎05-11-2017

Vat is charged on all services and has to be paid for by o2 to HMRC but the actual value of the text is what is billed so a £5 donation includes a £0.83 vat element that will be shown as vat on bill (£4.17 + £0.83 )but the charity gets the full £5 as per this old bbc news article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8169168.stm

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adamtemp64 · ‎05-11-2017

Also if you signed up via a shortcode then texting stop to the same shortcode will terminate future payments

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Marjo · ‎06-11-2017

Welcome to our forum @Anonymous!

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SteveP156 · ‎03-04-2023

I have just been charged £2 on a £10 charitable donation to comic relief. Is this right ?

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