The Ontario Public Guardian and Trustee has issued a “Statement on Accessing Restricted Purpose Trust Funds Prior to Obtaining a Court Order During the COVID19 Pandemic“. Thank you to the CCCC for putting up the statement. The statement will…
THIS BLOG WILL BE UPDATED Trudeau announces today that NPOs and Charities will be included in the wage subsidy. On March 27, 2020 there was an announcement from the Federal government that they will be providing to small businesses a…
CRA is now more actively encouraging Canadian registered charities to file their annual T3010 online. Makes a lot of sense in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic. On March 8, 2020, which seems a long time ago I wrote a…
Until now there has not yet been an update from CRA on whether there is any extension of the filing requirements for non-profit corporations including the T2 Corporation Income Tax Return, and for non-profit corporations and others, the T1044 Non-Profit…
We checked with the Ontario Government today. The Companies Branch is still providing over-the-counter service and checking their mail. However, they advised that this could change and they suggested that anyone who may come to their office should call beforehand.…
Here is a document entitled “Additional Support for Canadian Businesses from the Economic Impact of COVID-19“. In the Additional Support, it describes the Canada Emergency Business Account, which is a little misleading as that will provide $25 billion in interest-free…
The CBC recently reported “Some Toronto-area mosques remain open despite dire warnings about COVID-19“. This might be a problem for a number of different religious groups. It is important for charities from a charity regulation point of view to have…
Corporations Canada sent today an email on “Annual meetings of federal corporations during the COVID-19 outbreak”. It is for both non-profits (CNCA) and for-profits (CBCA). It provides some good information on AGMs and how they can be held virtually or…
As we noted in our recent blog on Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan Canadian charities and non-profits may be able to obtain a wage subsidy from the Federal government. It is a temporary wage subsidy for a three-month period for…
Update on March 26, 2020 Corporations Canada has now advised us today that with snail mail they will be having at the moment a staff person come in and sort the mail twice per week. So our suggestion still stands…
We just sent out our Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law List – March 2020 this morning. If you want to be on our email list to receive updates you can sign up here. March 2020
The Charities Directorate has announced that they are largely shut down at the moment. Many changes or filings can be done online and now may be a good time to checkout CRA’s online offerings. There are some CRA staff outside…
There is a backlash brewing against charities that are putting up desperate requests for funding but when people look at their annual report, financial statements, website or T3010 they see that the charity has a lot of money or other…
The CRA announced tonight that registered charities filing deadline for the T3010 that were or will be due from March 18, 2020 till December 31, 2020, will only be due on December 31, 2020. This will be a welcome relief…
The COVID-19 crisis is affecting charities in numerous ways. In this short note, we will discuss cancelling events and refunding money or attempting to turn that into a potential charitable donation. We have received a number of inquiries from clients…
Here is a document from finance released today Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan: Support for Canadians and Businesses. It is a large package of different measures from the Government of Canada to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. It outlines some…
With the Charities Directorate call centre suspended till April 5, 2020, we thought we would have a Registered Charity Q&A on Friday, March 20. This will be a free opportunity for those with relatively straightforward questions to connect and we…
Over the last year, Blumbergs has released 8 online courses. In case you are interested we have provided over the next 2 weeks a 50% discount coupon for new registrants wishing to access our Blumbergs charity law courses. We realize…
Here is an updated Canadian Charity Legal Checklist by Mark Blumberg. It is a checklist for Canadian registered charities to assist them with managing compliance issues. We use it as part of our informal risk reviews that we do for…
SEE NEW BLOG WITH UPDATES CRA: Charities Directorate announces extension of T3010 filing deadlines till December 31, 2020 in response to COVID-19 — There has been a lot of pressure on CRA to announce changes to various tax deadlines. We…
Lots has happened in Ontario over the last few days including Ontario public schools cancelled for the next 3 weeks, many universities cancelling in-person classes, major sporting events cancelled, etc. These preventative measures make a lot of sense in the…
Blumbergs is pleased to announce that we will be hosting Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp again on Monday, April 20, 2020. An easy enough date to remember! This is a one-day boot camp on compliance and standards issues for…
The List of foreign charities that have received a gift from Her Majesty in right of Canada has now 5 foreign charities listed. Here is the list: Keep in mind that the placement on the list is only for two…
CRA recently updated their page dealing with Penalties and suspensions. The big changes appear to be a whole section on penalties and suspension for registered journalism organizations – of which there are none currently! Also, they updated the language relating…