Envelopes are now available for our new collection system.
The system works as follows:
You are asked to take a box of envelopes all of which have the same number, for example number 102. There are two envelopes for each Sunday, corresponding to the two collections we have already. The first is for the running expenses of the parish, and the second for the development fund, which will go mainly to specific projects such as running our new parish centre, a new lighting and alarm system in the church as well as providing various courses for people. On certain Sundays the second collection will go to Diocesan special collections.
You will be asked to fill in your name and address on a card which you place in the first envelope and your envelope number will be recorded against that name and address and kept confidential.
Each week your envelope will be opened by a team of counters and the amount will be recorded against the number, such as 102 as mentioned above,. The counters will not know who each number belongs to.
At the end of the year, if your total amounts to €250 or over, the parish will send you a form to sign, in which you must include your PPS number, and we can then claim back the tax at no cost to you. This information will be kept confidential to a small number of people.
You can also pay by standing order every so often, or by cheque once a year, but we must have a record of who you are to claim back the tax.
Please do sign up for this system next year, it will be a great help to the parish at no cost to you. So to be clear:
- You will not pay any more tax than you have already paid.
- If your donations amount to €250 or more and you are a taxpayer, the parish can get back around 45% of the amount you have given at no cost to you. For example if you give €5 a week that comes to €260 in a year and the parish can get €117 refund from the revenue. €300 would give us €135 and so on. You cannot claim this money back for yourself, only the parish as a registered charity can get it.
- If you prefer to donate by cheque or standing order please contact the parish accounts department at midletonparishacs@gmail.com or ring the parish office at 021 4636508 and we will send you the necessary details.
- You can also donate to the parish online through the diocesan website at www.cloynediocese.ie or by continuing to put your offering in the collection basket, but we can’t claim the tax in these situations as we will have no record of who donated what.
HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE NEW SYSTEM
1. TAKE A BOX OF ENVELOPES
2. FILL IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ON THE CARD YOU WILL FIND IN THE BOX AND INCLUDE IT IN THE FIRST ENVELOPE MARKED JANUARY 7TH.