{"id":3693,"date":"2012-02-03T16:18:39","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T16:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=3693"},"modified":"2012-02-03T16:18:39","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T16:18:39","slug":"ihbc-new-web-advice-on-keeping-down-costs-of-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=3693","title":{"rendered":"IHBC: New web advice on keeping down costs of fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The IHBC has posted on its web site new guidance on how members can keep IHBC fee costs to a minimum, including by making sure that they register IHBC fees as a professional expense in their tax records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>IHBC Director Sean O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018As a charity we do our best to keep fees affordable while still making sure we do all we can to maintain services and carry out our charitable objects.\u00a0 Our members can also do a lot to make sure the personal cost of our membership fees is kept to a minimum, and the new pages detail key considerations for any members facing concerns over payments.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have also provided new details on our support for members facing hardship.\u00a0 This is always a sensitive area, but we recognise that members from all walks of life can face personal difficulties or crises.\u00a0 As a professional body and charity, we are here to help ease the burden of maintaining IHBC membership at difficult times.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Ordinarily, if you are unemployed or on low-income, or a student without additional means of support, you should be able to make a suitable case for hardship support provided you observe the guidance provided.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, as this\u00a0 support is provided out of the IHBC\u2019s own funds, we will be very cautious about how we allocate support, and any applications will be carefully, and confidentially, considered\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">See the new guidance page on fees at<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/join\/fees\/fees.html\" target=\"_blank\">LINK <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For guidance on hardship applications see<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/join\/hardship\/hardship.html\" target=\"_blank\">LINK <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IHBC has posted on its web site new guidance on how members can keep IHBC fee costs to a minimum, including by making sure that they register IHBC fees as a professional expense in their tax records. &nbsp; IHBC &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=3693\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3694,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693\/revisions\/3694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}