Is my donation Tax Deductable?

Yes, all donations to HARS over $2 are tax deductable.

What is the Donation Procedure?

The donation form has several suggested amounts however you are free to donate what you wish.Once you click the "Donate" button, you will be taken to Paypal where you may either use a Paypal account OR you may simply enter your credit card details for processing. (speaking for myself, when I used this procedure for a purchase, I found it easy and secure).All card details are processed by Paypal, which we think is a great idea because it means you are secure and can have confidence in the process.Once this is complete, you will be returned to our website and a receipt will be sent via email to you for you to use in your Australian tax preparation.

What happens to the funds?

Donated funds are held in a separate account overseen by Rotary and will be used exclusively for the stated purpose.We have received generous assistance from Rotary in setting up this fund-raising campaign and we know people respect their integrity. We are eager to ensure this is as transparent as possible so people can have confidence this will benefit the Illawarra area.

What is in this for the Illawarra?

In the aviation world, there are names like Chino, Duxford, Shuttleworth. The Illawarra and Albion Park are joining that list with the wonderful line-up of aviation history available here at HARS. There are already people who have visited the Illawarra from overseas JUST to come and visit us. Many of us live locally and we are seriously excited that we can attract visitors to the area.As an example, our 747 "OJA" which so many of us have spent many years maintaining and flying in operational service lets us provide a "747 Experierience" available no-where else in the World.

Rotary Illawarra Sunrise Partnership

HARS has partnered with the Rotary Club of Illawarra Sunrise to manage this “HARS” fund-raising. Donated funds will be held in a trust account by Rotary and used only for the stated project. During the donation process at Paypal, you will see a Rotary Illawarra Sunrise Account and then at the completion, you will be returned to the HARS website, and a HARS tax-deductible receipt will be sent to your nominated email account.

Fund Raising - Historical Aircraft Restoration Society

All donations to HARS, $2 and over are tax-deductible. As you can imagine, caring for Australia’s Aviation heritage is an expensive undertaking. Nothing emphasizes this more than the changing airworthiness requirements we have been subjected to with one of our recent acquisitions that have delayed its arrival to join our other exhibits.

Whilst a bank transfer to our account is always welcome (email “HARSinfo@hars.org.au” on our contact page for details), we have decided to try to personalise the donation process by endeavouring to direct any indicated donations to areas of particular passion for people by highlighting projects from time to time. Restrictions with Australian Taxation Law state that we cannot guarantee (our discretion is needed for tax deductibility to apply) this but we will try to fulfill the intent.

At HARS, it used to be simple … now we have so many aircraft that are “last of the breed” that it is no longer that.

Our 747-438 (OJA) was the first aircraft to fly direct London to Sydney – it desperately needs a repaint to protect it.

We are the only “bunch of old guys” that the US DoD allows to fly a P-3 Orion Anti-Submarine aircraft .. it costs us many thousands of dollars each hour to fly it.

We have the very first passenger aircraft that TAA (look it up) flew – and it flies.

Can you help?

Donation Procedure

Once you start the donation procedure, you will be taken on to a “Rotary” account (HARS has partnered with the Rotary Club of Illawarra Sunrise to manage this “HARS” fund-raising – see the question / answer on the right for further explanation). Paypal handles the credit card details and this is efficient, secure and easy. If you don’t have a Paypal account, no problem – they simply take your credit card details. You will be sent an email confirming the donation.

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Web Browsers

It is a sad reality of the Internet experience that not all web browsers interpret websites the same. No matter how much Web Developers try, there is always a problem. In our case, this is with our Donation forms.

Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge (Windows 10+), and Safari (Apple) are fine. Firefox is as well, however we had to tweak a couple of things. If you have an older version of Windows, then you will have “Internet Explorer” by default. “IE” may have some problems so we recommend you install another Web browser. Normally we would recommend Google Chrome however this is available only for 64 bit systems – the easiest “catch-all” solution is to install Firefox for your system (32 bit or 64 bit).

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