[malsme]

I think I am a bit odd, but whenever I donate, I opt-out of gift aid, so that I don't have to remember the values for the tax return (hate filling in forms). It's often difficult to opt-out of it too. Sometimes you have to select that the donation is from someone else, or you have to select that you aren't from the UK. It's rarely a yes/no question. Like I say, I'm odd. :)

By the way, good luck. I think KS would have given the project more momentum, but JustGiving is fine too.

[coob]

You only need to remember the values for the tax return if you're claiming the charitable donations against your taxable income. Feel free to opt-in to gift aid and leave the charity section blank.

I am not an accountant so this could all be bollocks, however!

[lmm]

If you're a "normal" UK taxpayer, you shouldn't have to remember anything for any tax return - just tick the box and give them your name and address (so that they can verify you are in fact a UK taxpayer).

If you're not paying UK income tax, you're not supposed to be able to gift aid it, that's kind of the point.

I can imagine it might be awkward if you're self-employed in the UK or something like that; they don't bother streamlining that case.

[jgrahamc]

We think Kickstarter will be great when we get to the 'build the machine' phase because we'll be able to offer all sorts of incentives related to the physical machine.

[adaml_623]

I'll definitely donate through kickstarter in the future if I get a cog or something that comes from the main production run.