We have seen many issues raised about the extension of 2024 charitable donations to February 28, 2025. Today, Trudeau announced his resignation and the proroguing of Parliament until March 24, 2025. For simplicity, we will call January 2025 and February…
There are lots of governmental press releases and stories about religious groups engaged in very problematic behaviours. Yes, religious groups do a lot of good, but ignoring the bad actors undercuts the good of all religious groups. I recently noticed…
As we recently noted, most people search the CRA’s Charities Listing and see the name of the registered charity. That is actually the “Account Name” that is appearing on the Charities Listing. There is also a “Legal Name” that CRA…
Happy New Year to everyone. It will be interesting to see how 2025 turns out. Unfortunately, it appears we’re entering into a period of tremendous uncertainty. This is not only because of the incoming US administration/tariffs but also political uncertainty…
We have seen many issues raised about the extension of 2024 donations to February 28, 2025. For simplicity, we will call January 2025 and February 2025 the “extension period”. We have written about our concerns with this proposal in our…
The following 150 corporations are slated for dissolution by Corporations Canada for non-filing of their annual return (Form 4022) for 3 consecutive years. Some of the groups may have subsequently attended to their filings and they may not be facing…
About 10,000 CNCA corporations that have not filed their annual returns in the last 3 years will be dissolved. Here are below some further names of corporations that have been dissolved. We have discussed this topic in multiple previous blogs. …
When you have a wobbly government, you get questionable public policy. The Finance Department has announced that they will be giving an extension for donors to make charitable donations for the 2024 tax year to February 28, 2025. We…
A number of groups, including Imagine Canada, have called for an extension of the normal December 31 deadline for charitable donations because of the postal strike. I am not convinced that this proposal to extend the deadline past Dec…
Most people search the CRA’s Charities Listing and see the name of the registered charity. That is actually the “Account Name” that is appearing on the Charities Listing. There is also a “Legal Name” that CRA has for every charity. …
On December 16, 2024, Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, was supposed to release the “2024 Fall Economic Statement: Boosting innovation to create good jobs, growth and prosperity” (“FES”) but Minister Freeland resigned today and the…
An interesting story appeared today in the Toronto Star by Max Binks-Collier of the Investigative Journalism Bureau. The article is entitled “This Canadian cancer charity tells the public it spends most of its donations on charitable works. Financial records tell…
The CRA has recently begun collecting information on donor advised funds (DAFs) in Canada. We have blogged about it here. These are the questions that have been added: Line 5860 – Did the charity hold any donor advised funds (DAF)…
Here is a recent CRA letter dealing with an NPO residential housing co-operative and whether renting common areas to a film company indicates a profit purpose? There are many advantages of running a housing co-operative as a non-profit but there…
In this case, Allan et al. v. Thunder Bay Regional et al., recently, there was a decision made by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. It dealt with Mr. Iwachewski, who had died with a proper will prepared by a…
The Canadian government and other governments and regulators have taken a keen interest in cryptocurrency. The Federal government has recently put out some more material on crypto that is general for taxpayers and not specific for non-profits and charities. We…
About 10,000 CNCA corporations that have not filed their annual returns in the last 3 years will be dissolved. Here are below some further names of corporations that have been dissolved. We have discussed this topic in multiple previous blogs. …
The following 75 corporations are slated for dissolution by Corporations Canada for non-filing of their annual return (Form 4022). Some of the groups may have subsequently attended to their filings and they may not be facing dissolution. Notice of Intent…
Job Title: Administrative Assistant Location: Remote, but need to be located in the Greater Toronto Area Duration: 12 months (possibly longer) Position Overview: We are seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized Administrative Assistant to provide coverage during a team…
I was recently speaking with Minister Bibeau and I told her that the CRA should be run like the Charities Directorate. When I call the other part of CRA, I struggle to get through, and it can take 2 weeks…
In the last week there have been major changes in Syria. It looks like the Assad government has collapsed, and various opposition groups have taken over the country. It is a fluid situation. There are many complexities for a Canadian…
The Charities Directorate of CRA is encouraging Canadian registered charities to “Take action during Charity Fraud Awareness Week”. This is a UK initiative, but the CRA works with other charity regulators as part of the International Charity Regulators group. CRA…
The Ontario Government has announced that they will expand the number of service providers (currently 2) as of February 2025. This will give greater choice to Ontario non-profits that need a service provider. The current fees being charged seem quite…
CRA has started putting up notices on the CRA My Business Account system that, beginning in January 2025, online mail will be the default for delivering most business correspondence. This does not mean that a charity must be on the…