Canadian Charity Law

Charity law in Canada is a mixture of federal and provincial legislation plus common law and trust law. It is important that registered charities understand their compliance requirements. If you wish to understand your charity law obligations you can retain our law firm by contacting us.

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Tax shelter gifting arrangement revocations

In Newsletter 33, CRA identified various registered charities that have had their registered charity status revoked for involvement in tax shelter gifting arrangements. In Newsletter 33 (), CRA advised as follows: “Tax shelter-related revocations In 2009, the following charities had…

Gifts of Canadian Cultural Property to Canadian charities

Cultural property is one type of gift that a donor can make to a charity.  Certain certified cultural property has certain additional benefits associated with its donation. In the CRA Guide Gifts and Income Tax 2009 CRA outlines some of…

Charitable Gifts Act (Ontario) is no longer

On December 3, 2009 there was a Third Reading of the Good Government Bill (C-212) and it was carried and the bill passed.  Royal Assent was given to the Good Government Act, 2009 on December 15, 2009 and therefore the…

Is your Canadian charity’s staff person an employee or independent contractor?

Whether a staff person is an employee or independent contractor is an important distinction that can have huge ramifications for charities and their boards of directors.  To understand CRA’s position you should review RC4110 Employee or Self-employed? at http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/rc4110/  Charities…

Is your Canadian charity’s staff person an employee or independent contractor?

Whether a staff person is an employee or independent contractor is an important distinction that can have huge ramifications for charities and their boards of directors.  To understand CRA’s position you should review RC4110 Employee or Self-employed? at http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/rc4110/  Charities…