Lake Ginninderra Sea Scouts

Making a Tax Deductible Donation to LGSS

 

This page is under construction, but the information is correct.

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LGSS is part of Scouts ACT. The way to make a tax deductible donation to LGSS is to donate to Scouts ACT and advise them that the donation is for LGSS. In order to be a tax deduction, you cannot specify what the donation is to be spent on.

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Here are the steps that were tested and worked in 2025 to donate to LGSS:

1. Notify the Scouts ACT Office (was Janice) & LGSS via email that you would like to make a donation, and include:

   1. how much the donation will be and when the money will be sent;

   2. that a tax-deductible receipt is needed; 

   3. that the donation is for the LGSS Group;

   4. that there is no specific purpose the funds are to be used for.

      1. note that the funds must truly be a gift or donation - please refer to the ATO's guidance on what gifts/donations are eligible.

   5. also ask for them to confirm the bank account details that you are to transfer the money to (see below). This gives you some assurance that your gift is going to the right bank account.

2. Use a bank transfer to send the money to the Scouts ACT bank account (details below).

   1. In the "Reference" field of your bank transfer please include your initial and surname (eg. "J.Smith - Gift"). This text shows in the Scouts ACT Account and lets them know where the money came from.​

   2. Note that the ATO page above states: "You claim the deduction for your gift in the income year in which you give the gift."

1. You email Janice and LGSS, soon after you have transferred the funds (noting that some banks delay payments if it is the first time making a payment to an account, or if the amount exceeds internal thresholds as a precaution given the prevalence of scams)

2. once the money is in the Scouts ACT account, Janice will email you a DGR receipt.  Here is the information that will be included (if you would like more information to be included please notify Janice):

   1. [add the stuff that was in the receipt here]​

3. Janice then transfers your donation to LGSS' main account (ending 6178). This account is used because it requires two signatories, minimizing risk that funds become accessible to malicious actors.

4. Please note that it is up to LGSS whether they advise that they received the donated funds - please let Merle and/or Emma know if this is something you would like done.

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Donations should be deposited to the following Scouts ACT account:

BSB: 633-000
Acc No: 1721 44735
Acc Name: "Scouts ACT Tx Deductible Gifts, The Scout Association of Austral"

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Note: If your bank checks the payee name, please type in this name until you run out of characters, otherwise your bank may give you a warning along the lines of "There's a different name more commonly used for this account".