Tax payers allocated a good 15 million euros in income tax last year to associations, organizations, institutions and other beneficiaries. It is the percentage of income tax that taxpayers could allocate to any of the 7,000 organizations last year (this year there are already 9,000) that meet the conditions of Article 142 of the Income Tax Act and are on the list, which is approved by the government every year by the end of September.
List init includes non-governmental organizations, political parties, schools and kindergartens, trade unions, registered churches and other religious communities and their constituent parts. “For the year 2024, the list includes 6,105 non-governmental organizations in the public interest, 59 registered churches and other religious communities, 1,033 constituent parts of registered churches and other religious communities, 88 representative trade unions, 87 political parties and 642 schools and kindergartens,” explained the Ministry of Finance.
The calculation and payment of the percentage of income tax to the beneficiaries is carried out by the Financial Administration (FURS). As they said, the bulk of donations collected with a percentage of income tax for 2023 were paid out to the beneficiaries in September this year. In a few months, the payment of donations, in connection with which they received objections, will follow. “These are extremely few,” they explained to us in a telephone conversation at the Financial Administration.
For 2023, there were 641,238 donations, in the total amount of 15.3 million euros. A year-on-year comparison shows an increase in the number of donations and collected amounts. The previous year’s income tax collected 592,533 donations and 13.3 million euros.
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Many fire brigades are among the recipients of donations.
The donor can choose several recipients
It is not necessary or even possible for taxpayers to donate the entire percentage of income tax to one beneficiary. For example, the maximum possible amount for school funds is 0.3 percent, which means that the resident can allocate the remaining 0.7 percent to another (or others). So to speak, the whole percentage can be divided into tens, one person can choose ten recipients of donations, each will receive 0.1 percent of his income tax. The easiest and simplest way to submit a donation application is in the eDavki online application. The application is considered permanent, unless the beneficiary is no longer on the list or if next year we decide on another organization to which we want to donate part of our income tax. In this case, we fill out a new role that overrides the old one. If we want the same organization to receive our income tax donation every year, then we fill out the application once and there is no need to refresh or resubmit it later.
Who are the recipients of the highest donations?
Last year, the highest amount of donations, close to 1.8 million euros, was received by the Society for Cardiovascular Diseases AED. Donations totaled 84,600. The association, which is based in Kranj, is headed by the president Črt Gorjanc. It is an association that installs AED devices (defibrillators) throughout Slovenia and raises awareness about the dangers of cardiovascular diseases. The association has received a total of 2.7 million euros from income tax donations over the past years, this year’s transfer is a record high and more than once higher than last year’s, which amounted to 825,000 euros.
Second on the list with the most collected donations is the Red Nose Society, which cheers up sick children. Income tax payers gave them 18,400 donations in the total amount of 487,000 euros. In third place is Slovenska karitas (286,000 euros in donations), fourth is the Association of Friends of the Youth of Ljubljana Moste-Polje (284,000 euros) and fifth is the Association of Friends of the Youth of Slovenia (255,000 euros). They are followed by the Viljem Julijan Society for Helping Children with Rare Diseases (167,000 euros), the Mačja Hiša Cat Care Institute (138,000), the Slovenian Hospice Society (112,000), Unicef (101,000) and the Catholic Church (98,000 euros). Among the recipients of amounts higher than 60,000 euros are the Charitable Association Palčica Pomagalčica and charitable gnomes, the Foundation for Helping Children with Cancer, the Association of Slovenian Catholic Girl Scouts, the Horjul Animal Shelter, the Society for the Protection of Pomurja Animals, Sonček – Association the Society for Cerebral Palsy of Slovenia and Europa Donna – the Slovenian Association for the Fight against Breast Cancer.
Source: svet24.si
