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Member Enquiries >> Membership >> Membership Administration >> Membership Subscriptions
Membership Payments in Time
This enquiry looks into whether professional bodies have any experiences of members paying in time not money and any related tax implications.
Issues covered include:
- Whether organisations allow subscription fees to be paid in time rather than money
- How to record this in accounting records
- Whether member’s work is subject to tax and NI
This enquiry received 7 responses. They can be downloaded via link below
Membership Payments in Time (May 2010)
Concessions for a Career Break
This enquiry looks at the rates charged, criteria and benefits offered for members on a career break to raise a family.
Issues covered include:
• Reduced rates offered
• If the concession is for both men and women
• The criteria used to determine eligibility for a reduced rate
• Percentage reduction of subscription fees
• Time limit on concessions
• What members are offered as part of this package
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Concessions for a Career Break (February 2010)
Unpaid Membership Fees
This enquiry looks at how professional bodies deal with unpaid membership fees.
Issues covered include:
• The percentage of annual membership fees unpaid
• Policies towards unpaid fees
• De-registering members who do not pay their fees
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Unpaid Membership Fees (December 2009)
Concessionary Rates for members
This enquiry looks at any concessionary membership subscription rates offered to members. Issues covered include:
- Criteria for eligibility to pay reduced rates
- Life Membership
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Concessionary Rates for Members (March 2009)
Awarding Fellowship
This enquiry looks at the Fellow Member grade.
Issues covered include:
- Eligibility requirements
- Evidence of suitability requirements
- Fees for application
- Annual subscription fees for Fellow members
- Enhanced benefits for Fellows
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Awarding Fellowship (April 2009)
Overseas Membership Subscriptions
This enquiry looks at subscription fees for overseas members.
Issues covered include:
- Differentials in subscription fees for overseas members
- Funding preferential rates for overseas members
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Overseas Membership Subscriptions (November 2008)
Gift Aid
This enquiry looks at the circumstances under which Gift Aid can be claimed on members’ subscription payments.
Issues covered include:
- Amount of donation
- Eligibility of donor and tax deductions
- Official guidelines
- Accepting alternative voluntary donations
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Gift Aid (October 2008)
Rolling Member Renewals
This enquiry looks at the alternative to having a single renewal date for all members, whereby members pay their subscription fees at different times throughout the year. Issues covered include:
- Types of systems in place
- Advantages and disadvantages of such systems
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Rolling Member Renewals (June 2008)
Membership Fee Payment Plans
This enquiry looks at schemes for advance payment for multiple years of membership. Issues covered include:
- Take-up by members
- Impact on member retention or attrition
- Other benefits and drawbacks
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Membership Fee Payment Plans (February 2008)
Practical Experience Requirements
This enquiry looks at the practical experience requirements made of members.
Issues covered include:
• Current requirements
• Links between practical experience requirements and other requirements
• Assessing practical experience
• Motivations for practical experience requirements
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Practical Experience Requirements (November 2007)
Charitable Status - Gift Aid
This enquiry looks at gift aid on membership subscriptions. Issues covered include:
- Members claiming subscriptions as a tax deduction
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Charitable Status – Gift Aid (October 2007)
Membership Subscription Payments
This enquiry looks at how organisations administer membership subscription payment processes. Issues covered include:
- Credit card security requirements
- Online payments
- Direct Debit payments
- Life Membership and multi-year membership
- Discounts on subscriptions
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Membership Subscription Payments (January 2007)
Retired Members
This enquiry looks at retired members of professional bodies.
Issues covered include:
• Services for retired members
• Retention of professional qualifications
• CPD requirements
• Reductions in membership fees
• Policies regarding retired members who remain involved in their profession
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Retired Members (March 2006)
Student Direct Debit
This enquiry looks at membership subscription payment options for students.
Issues covered include:
- Whether subscriptions can be paid by direct debit
- Benefits and drawbacks of this service
- The potential for this service to increase retention of students
- Uptake of this service by students
- Incentives offered to encourage payment by direct debit
- Whether there is an option to pay by installments
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Student Direct Debit (October 2005)
Attrition
This enquiry looks at how organisations deal with attrition.
Issues covered include:
- How attrition is monitored
- Recent attrition
- Loss of benefits and loss of membership following non-payment
- Credit control processes
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Attrition (February 2005)
Overseas Branches: Remuneration of Overseas Volunteers
This enquiry looks at how professional bodies rewards those responsible for running overseas regional groups/branches. Issues covered include:
- Payment or other remuneration compared to UK rates
- Subsidised or waived membership subscription fees
- Other rewards
- Funding overseas branches/local events
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Overeseas Branches: Remuneration of Overseas Volunteers (October 2004)
Remuneration of Volunteers
This enquiry looks at how professional bodies rewards those responsible for running regional groups/branches.
Issues covered include:
- Payment or other remuneration
- Subsidised or waived membership subscription fees
- Other rewards
- Travel expenses
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Remuneration for Volunteers (September 2004)
Direct Debit Payments
This enquiry looks at the collection of membership subscription fees using direct debit payments by installments.
Issues covered include:
- Amount charged
- Additional charges for paying by installments
- Writing-off uncollectable fees
- Discounts for those joining late in the membership year
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Direct Debit Payments (March 2004)
Fellowship Grade
This enquiry looks at the Fellowship member grade.
Issues covered include:
• Percentage of members that are Fellows
• Requirements/criteria
• Benefits
• Subscription fees
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Fellowship Grade (January 2004)
Academic Members Subscription Rates
This enquiry looks at subscription rates for academic members. Issues covered include:
- Concessionary rates for academic members,
- Justification of reduced rates,
- Qualifying for concessionary rates,
- Concessions for student, graduate, associate and other members
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Academic Members (August 2003)
Membership Subscriptions
This enquiry looks at membership subscriptions.
Issues covered include:
• how subscriptions are collected
• penalties for non-payment including removal of membership
• how long before penalties are enforced following request for payment
• procedures for regulatory bodies
• what reminders or incentives are used
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Membership Subscriptions (May 2003)
E-Business
This enquiry looks at experiences of small professional organisations, defined as those with a membership of under 10,000 and/or an annualturnover of under £2 million per annum, which:
• run an online bookshop,
• have enabled their members to pay their subscriptions online,
• Allow examinations to be ordered online.
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E-Business Enquiry Summary (January 2003)
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