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  1. 35B liked Steve's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    @Jamessquared is right, as usual. The railway doesn't have any choice in how it applies You can get away with Santas and Diners because they are special trains providing more than a train ride. One thing not mentionedby Tom or me is that, with...

    Oct 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM

  2. 35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    You don't have to understand the logic, you just have to understand the rules ;)...

    Oct 14, 2026 at 9:11 PM

  3. 35B replied to the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    It's specifically the polciy applied by HMRC - to stop just claiming GA on everything regardless.

    Oct 14, 2026 at 8:36 PM

  4. 35B replied to the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    That doesn't alter the truth (itself potentially problematic) of what @Snifter writes about how the price could potentially be set. As ever with pricing, understanding the trade off between price and volume as a way of maximising income is an...

    Oct 14, 2026 at 7:48 PM

  5. 35B replied to the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    Two separate issues. One is the personal tax position, where I see what you're saying. The other is that this is £1.88bn that government passes on in a range of ways without ever having to manage the complexities of grant applications,...

    Oct 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM

  6. 35B liked paul1609's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    Gift Aid per se is a bargain for the taxpayer. Removing it would bankrupt organisations like National Trust, RNLI, Air ambulances and many others imagine the cost of providing those services as Government Agencies. Most politicians aren't that...

    Oct 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM

  7. 35B replied to the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    As previously said, the devil is in the detail

    Oct 14, 2026 at 10:52 AM

  8. 35B replied to the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    I think Gift Aid is more secure than you allow - if it were abolished, there’d be a massive funding gap for charities.

    Oct 14, 2026 at 10:35 AM

  9. 35B liked cksteam's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    Whilst the NYMR example is probably the most documented on this forum I'm not sure how good an example it is, except for how not to do it. If for example they had not tried the 12 month free pass I suspect they would have had more success than...

    Oct 14, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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