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Proposals to enable the electronic tagging of charities’ accounts have been welcomed by respondents to a consultation carried out by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and the Charity Commission (CC).

The finalised tagging charity convention (“taxonomy”), in line with the recently issued Charity SORP (Statement Of Recommended Practice) FRS 102, has been issued yesterday.

Melanie McLaren, FRC’s Executive Director for Codes and Standards, said: “On the whole, responses to the consultation have been positive. The digital taxonomy will help make data more accessible and transparent. Some smaller charities expressed concern that implementing digital tagging will be costly and cause more work for them. However the Charity Commission has said that it will not be obligatory to carry out digital filing.”

Notes to editors:

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