Kathryn Blaze Carlson of the National Post has written another article on charities and political activities entitled “The politics of charity: When is a tax-exempt organization too political?” “The politics of charity: When is a tax-exempt organization too political?” by…
I will be presenting to the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA) on “Transparency in the Canadian Charity Sector – the T3010 and Beyond” on October 10, 2012. https://sites.google.com/site/apracconference/ Transparency in the Canadian Charity Sector – the T3010 and…
Here is a short summary of the major provisions relating to charities in the 2012 Federal Budget – tried to keep it to 100 words but I did not make it. Budget 2012 and charities * receipting suspension for incomplete…
The Globe and Mail published an article “New rules in budget ‘create more fear’ among politically active charities”. Here is a link to the article:
The Charities Directorate of the CRA has posted information on the Federal 2012 Budget. “Message from the Director General Budget 2012 – Transparency and Accountability On March 29, 2012, the Minister of Finance presented the 2012 federal budget which…
CRA has posted an FAQ on the Transparency and accountability provisions relating to registered charities in the 2012 budget. “Transparency and accountability 1.What are the new rules for registered charities engaged in political activities? 2.Will charities have to submit more…
Here is the CRA FAQ on “Gifts to foreign charitable organizations” “Gifts to foreign charitable organizations 1.What are the new requirements for registration of a foreign charitable organization that is the recipient of a gift from Her Majesty in right…
The 2012 Federal budget has an important piece on transparency namely “…to ensure that charities are accurately reporting in respect of all the activities in which they engage, the CRA will be granted the authority to suspend the tax-receipting privileges…
On March 29, 2012 Finance Minister Jim Flaherty released the Federal Budget at approximately 4PM. There are about 10 pages of information dealing with charities in the almost 500 page document. Here are the pieces of the 2012 Canadian Federal…
On March 29, 2012 Finance Minister Jim Flaherty released the Federal Budget at approximately 4PM. There are about 10 pages of information dealing with charities in the almost 500 page document. Here are the pieces of the 2012 Canadian Federal…
As noted before the Canada Revenue Agency Charities Directorate has revoked the registration of Escarpment Biosphere Foundation Inc. () as a charity for participating in the Canadian Humanitarian Trust tax shelter gifting arrangement (Donation Program). Here is detailed information from…
Here are the actual letters from the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency to Little League Baseball Canada. Here are links to CRA Press Releases and other CRA letters to registered charities and Registered Canadian Amateur Athletic Assocations (RCAAAs)…
Here are the actual letters from the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency to Canadian Lacrosse Association. Here are links to CRA Press Releases and other CRA letters to registered charities and Registered Canadian Amateur Athletic Assocations (RCAAAs) that…
Here are the actual letters from the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency to Canadian Amateur Football Association. Here are links to CRA Press Releases and other CRA letters to registered charities and Registered Canadian Amateur Athletic Assocations (RCAAAs)…
Here are the actual letters from the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency to Biathlon Canada. Here are links to CRA Press Releases and other CRA letters to registered charities and Registered Canadian Amateur Athletic Assocations (RCAAAs) that were…
The OHA’s Governance Centre of Excellence is presenting a Conference for Not-For-Profit and Charitable Organizations. I will be speaking about legal compliance and ethics. Here is additional information: Conference for Not-For-Profit and Charitable Organizations = Presented by Ontario Hospital…
Recently, Alastair Bland of the Review and Analysis Division of the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency presented on the subject of “The Threat of Terrorism – How Charities Can Protect Themselves.” Here is a copy of the slides…
Marcel Lauzière of Imagine Canada has written a good piece entitled “Role of Charities” in which he nicely summarizes why charities have, and should have, involvement in the political process. Remember that charities cannot be involved in partisan political activity,…
Various organizations are reminding Canadians to beware of fraud and charities. Capital One and CanadaHelps have a quiz “to educate Canadians on how to identify false charities so their generous donations don’t end up in fraudsters’ hands.” CRA advises “Fraud…
Here are some letters from the Canada Revenue Agency dealing with Article XXI (7) (formerly XXI(6)) of the Canada-US Tax Treaty. 2011 Letter from CRA on Article XXI of the Canada-US Tax Treaty 2011-040840 2010 Letter from CRA on…
Here is the Blumbergs submission to the Department of Finance on AML and Anti-Terrorism Provisions affecting Canadian charities -March 2012 Some of the suggestions we made relate to improving understanding of “direction and control”; improving the capacity and training opportunities…
Here is a copy of the Letters from CRA about revocation of charity World Assembly of Muslim Youth for supporting terrorism. We noted at globalphilanthropy.ca (TM) on February 23 the revocation at The National Post also covered this story…
[Update – if you are interested in T3010 information on Canadian registered charities check out www.charitydata.ca] CharityFocus.ca is a new tool created by Imagine Canada to allow searches of Canadian registered charities. You can now also search by directors. The link…
The Charities Directorate of CRA has announced that registration for three new webinars is open. These are free webinars offered by the the Charities Directorate to registered charities or others interested in compliance issues. The three webinars are: •Completing the…