CRA has confirmed that the value of receipts issued by a few charities that were part of 'abusive charity gifting tax shelters' was over $7 Billion dollars and resulted in the reassessment by CRA of over 208,000 taxpayer returns. The height…
Here is my recent webinar Top Charity Compliance Issues for Canadian Registered Charity with Mark Blumberg. It was wonderful to have over 3000 people registered for the webinar and thank you CharityVillage for hosting. You can see the presentation, the slide…
We recently wrote about obtaining the CRA guidance on advancement of religion at CRA’s Draft Guidance Advancement of religion and charitable registration is released through ATIP. That article included a July 2016 version of the CRA guidance on religion which…
Here is our article Common Paragraphs from CRA in the Notification of Registration Regarding Operating a Registered Charity. It provides many of the common warnings or suggestions from CRA that are included in Notifications of Registration from the Charities Directorate.
Here is our article CRA letter on Ineligible Individual and Impact on Charity Application which provides a copy of a standard letter when CRA determines that an ineligible individual may be involved with a charity application.
The case of Markou v. The Queen, 2018 TCC 66 (CanLII) in the Tax Court of Canada dealt with a leveraged donation program called “Donation Program for Medical Science and Technology”- what CRA used to refer to as an “abusive charity…
The Charities Directorate of the CRA appears to be making further changes to their website. It moved in 2017 to the main Canada.ca Federal government website. Now I noticed their A-Z index of topics is now searchable. I think this…
Here is an article I recently wrote entitled Top Canadian Charity Law Issues for Charity Village. It highlights some of the top compliance issues that a Canadian charity should be concerned with.
As a charity lawyer, I spend a lot of time using the internet to access databases and information on non-profit and charity issues. Here are Some of my favourite Canadian charity bookmarks. Hopefully it is helpful.
There are over 2.5m pages on the Government of Canada's website and only a few thousand deal with registered charities. Here are some tips on finding information on registered charities. However, keep in mind that information and legal advice are…
Here is the form TP-985.22.G-V – Donees Required to File an Information Return (Revenu Québec) which certain organizations that carry on activities in Quebec must file.
Corporations Canada has announced that they will be introducing a new chat service. It will be available on April 12, 2018 and it will allow people to contact Corporations Canada by an online chat facility instead of by phone or…
Here is a CRA document we recently received through the ATIP system List of Registered Charities that filed 2010 T3010 and answered yes for political activities as of February 2012.
I am looking forward to delivering a presentation next week in Winnipeg on Canadian Charities Conducting Foreign Activities: Compliance Requirements. I will discuss the rules for foreign activities but also some recent developments involving CRA. Here is the description. Canadian…
Here is a CRA document we recently received through the ATIP system Redacted lists of registered charities audited by CRA under the political activities program.
There is another Federal Court of Appeal case dealing with the test for having the courts delay the publication of a notice of intention to revoke by CRA. It is called Ahlul-Bayt Centre, Ottawa v. Canada (National Revenue). In September…
Here is our article CRA releases information on Universities Outside Canada – good news for foreign universities. This will be of interest to universities outside of Canada whether they are prescribed foreign universities or not. [HERE IS AN UPDATED ARTICLE:…
Here is a CRA document we recently received through the ATIP system CRA internal PowerPoint to Audit Team conducting political activity audits.
Here is a CRA document we recently received through the ATIP system CRA Audit Plans and procedures for political activity audits
Understanding legal compliance for registered charities is not easy but Blumbergs is offering exciting new upcoming events in 2018 that will help. Fundamentals of the T3010 and Transparency for Canadian charities On Friday June 1, 2018, Blumbergs’ will be holding a…
CRA has been sending this insert in various mailings reminding Canadian registered charities that the new move to electronic filing of charity applications and the optional ability to file T3010s online is starting in November 2018. Charities should start to prepare…
As you probably know if you are interested in a Federal corporation (non-profit or otherwise) you can easily search the Corporations Canada website. This gives you lots of information on Federal non-profit corporations including the name, Corporation Number, Status, which…
We are adding some exciting new functionality with CharityData.ca. First, it is easy to see what gifts a Canadian registered charity gives to another Canadian registered charity on the CRA website. But what if you want to know which charities…
Here is a CRA document we recently received through the ATIP system Posting New Content on the CRA's Charities and Giving web pages. If you are wondering how difficult it is for the Charities Directorate to even post the simplest information…