Donations

Help us help your community ...

The dedication and commitment of our volunteers in ensuring the safety and well being of our fellow Queenslanders is greatly valued by the community. Monies received through your generous donations help in the provision of essential equipment that assists our volunteers in performing the many and varied functions that are required by their communities.

There are three easy ways to donate using cheque or direct deposit.

Cheque Donations

Step 1	Draw a cheque or money order for the amount you would like to donate, made payable to 'Queensland SES Gift Fund '.
Step 2	Attach your name and address so that we can return a tax-deductible receipt to you.
Step 3	Attach details if you want your donation to go to a specific SES Group or number of Groups.

Direct Deposit Donations

Step 1

Deposit funds directly from your account to our SES Gift Fund Account -

Bank	: Commonwealth Bank of Australia
BSB	: 064 013
Account	: 1000 9235

Step 2

Email confirmation of your deposit to ses.support@dcs.qld.gov.au.

Step 3

Don't forget in your email to advise details if you want your donation to go to a specific SES Group or number of Groups.

Payroll-Deductions

Small regular contributions all help to support and equip our SES. Donations are deducted from your salary and at the end of each financial year you will receive a tax-deductible receipt for the total of your donations.
Step 1	Complete the Payroll Deduction Form.
Step 2	Send the completed form to your payroll department to deduct your nominated donation amount from your salary .
Step 3	Request your payroll department to send your details to : SES Unit - Donations Processing GPO Box 1425 Brisbane QLD 4001 Fax: (07) 3247 8707 Email through the SES Feedback Form www.emergency.qld.gov.au/ses/info/contact .

Non-Profit News Service No. 0010 - Workplace planned-giving programs

Employers can now reduce the amount required to be withheld from an employee's pay where the employee donates to deductible gift recipients (DGRs) via regular payroll deductions.

The Tax Office has recently issued a PAYG variation applying to payments for work and services where:

part of an employee's pay is paid, or is to be paid, as a donation to a DGR
the donation is paid by the employer at the direction of the employee
the donation is made under a regular planned giving arrangement, and
the employee has not advised the employer that they do not want the variation to apply.

When working out the PAYG amount required to be withheld from such payments, employers may now disregard that part of an employee's pay that the employer pays to a DGR on behalf of the employee.

This means the employees will get the benefit of the reduced tax for their donation to a DGR immediately in their pay.

Employees will need to claim the donations as tax deductions when they lodge their annual income tax returns. If the employee does not have a receipt from the DGR, the Tax Office will accept confirmation from the employer that the gift has been made.

For the full text of the variation, refer to Special Gazette 251 issued 2 July 2002.

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Last updated 8 June 2011