I was recently interviewed by Mary Gooderham from Canadian Family Offices on private foundations in Canada. The article is a mix of issues relating to private foundations and some of my personal background. Here is the article: Private foundations are…
There have been lots of cases involving what are referred to as “abusive gifting tax schemes” or leveraged donation schemes. I try not to comment on them all because the results are almost identical, with the taxpayer losing, and…
In the never-ending saga of charity gifting tax schemes, the TCC recently dismissed a number of appeals from over 100 taxpayers in Ayre, N. et al. v. The King 2025 TCC 41 relating to “donations” made about 15-17 years ago. …
In our article “Ontario rules for compensation of certain directors of Ontario charities or registered charities 2025” we discuss the Ontario rules for Ontario charities and registered charities in Ontario relating to compensation of directors and those related to directors.
The CBC today posted an article Donations to Sean Feucht groups via B.C.-based charity add to financial transparency concerns raised in Canada: Former Feucht followers ask Canadians to reflect before donating to ministry. In the article, I discuss some general concerns…
Here is the Leads Screening Procedures for the Compliance Division of the Charities Directorate. As you can see, it is heavily redacted, although it gives some useful information on how the Charities Directorate deals with leads.
If you are applying for registered charity status with the Charities Directorate of CRA you might this 3-page CRA Checklist to be helpful: C1/B1 Application for Registration CHECKLIST. If you require assistance with your charity application and wish to retain…
About 10,000 CNCA corporations that have not filed their annual returns in the last 3 years will be dissolved. Below are some further approximately 336 names of corporations that have been dissolved. We have discussed this topic in multiple previous…
The following 213 corporations are slated for dissolution by Corporations Canada for non-filing of their annual return (Form 4022). Some of the groups may have subsequently done their filings and they may have been removed from the list. Some of the…
Blumbergs Professional Corporation is involved with many charity applications each year. In this series, CRA Charity Application Graveyard, we aim to provide groups considering charitable status applications with insights into common issues the CRA encounters, based on our analysis of…
Blumbergs Professional Corporation is involved with many charity applications each year. In this series, CRA Charity Application Graveyard, we aim to provide groups considering charitable status applications with insights into common issues the CRA encounters, based on our analysis of…
Blumbergs Professional Corporation is involved with many charity applications each year. In this series, CRA Charity Application Graveyard, we aim to provide groups considering charitable status applications with insights into common issues the CRA encounters, based on our analysis of…
Blumbergs Professional Corporation is involved with many charity applications each year. In this series, CRA Charity Application Graveyard, we aim to provide groups considering charitable status applications with insights into common issues the CRA encounters, based on our analysis of…
Blumbergs Professional Corporation is involved with many charity applications each year. In this series, CRA Charity Application Graveyard, we aim to provide groups considering charitable status applications with insights into common issues the CRA encounters, based on our analysis of…
Blumbergs Professional Corporation is involved with many charity applications each year. In this series, CRA Charity Application Graveyard, we aim to provide groups considering charitable status applications with insights into common issues the CRA encounters, based on our analysis of…
Blumbergs Professional Corporation is involved with many charity applications each year. In this series, CRA Charity Application Graveyard, we aim to provide groups considering charitable status applications with insights into common issues the CRA encounters, based on our analysis of…
The Federal Government has released draft legislation today to “enhance the reporting requirements for non-profit organizations to improve transparency in the sector”, Initially, this will be for consultation purposes. This was previously announced in the 2024 Fall Economic Statement. Although…
The Ontario Government has recently announced some small improvements to the Ontario Business Registry that will be helpful for Ontario non-profits under the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (“ONCA”). Here is the announcement from the Ministry of Public and Business Services…
The Ontario Business Registry (OBR), introduced in 2019, moved Ontario from a microfiche-based corporate system to a modern database system. Admittedly, the initial rollout was not great, and there have been many improvements to the system. There are many more…
Blumbergs Professional Corporation is involved with many charity applications each year. In this series, CRA Charity Application Graveyard, we aim to provide groups considering charitable status applications with insights into common issues the CRA encounters, based on our analysis of…
Blumbergs Professional Corporation is involved with many charity applications each year. In this series, CRA Charity Application Graveyard, we aim to provide groups considering charitable status applications with insights into common issues the CRA encounters, based on our analysis of…
Blumbergs Professional Corporation is involved with many charity applications each year. In this series, CRA Charity Application Graveyard, we aim to provide groups considering charitable status applications with insights into common issues the CRA encounters, based on our analysis of…
Blumbergs Professional Corporation is involved with many charity applications each year. In this series, CRA Charity Application Graveyard, we aim to provide groups considering charitable status applications with insights into common issues the CRA encounters, based on our analysis of…
Blumbergs Professional Corporation is involved with many charity applications each year. In this series, CRA Charity Application Graveyard, we aim to provide groups considering charitable status applications with insights into common issues the CRA encounters, based on our analysis of…