On August 14, 2024 the CJN released a podcast entitled “JNF Canada ‘blindsided’ after Ottawa fully revokes charity status. What’s next?” “On today’s episode of The CJN Daily, we ask Mark Blumberg, a Canadian tax lawyer and charity expert, whether JNF…
[Update August 23, 2024 – now CRA has released further explanatory notes including Explanatory Notes to Legislative Proposals and further Explanatory Notes to the Legislative Proposals Relating to the Income Tax Act and Regulations – August 2024 and I have…
On Saturday, CRA revoked the charitable status of the JEWISH NATIONAL FUND OF CANADA INC. and also NE’EMAN FOUNDATION CANADA. 2024-08-10 Canada Gazette Part I, Vol. 158, No. 32 CANADA REVENUE AGENCY INCOME TAX ACT Revocation of registration of…
Bill S-279 An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (data on registered charities) has passed first reading in the Senate on October 4, 2023, and second reading on May 30, 2024. It has not been to committee, or the…
Here is the Blumbergs’ Pre-Budget Submission for the 2025 Canadian Federal Budget. For those who have been following our law firm’s submissions over the last ten or more years, they have focused on transparency and accountability in the non-profit and charity sector.Pre-Budget…
The following 1400 corporations are slated for dissolution by Corporations Canada in May 2024 for non-filing of their annual return (Form 4022). Some of the non-profit corporations may have subsequently done their filings and they may not be facing imminent…
The Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans in their final report calls for changes to the ITA to deal with revocation of registered charities that promote “misinformation and/or disinformation about the seal harvest or seal products industry “. It…
A recent Ottawa Citizen article, “Renfrew hospital quietly transferring $9.6 million to not-for-profit sparks investigation” it discusses transfers of funds from a charity to a non-profit and discusses various concerns about the arrangement. The article raises a number of questions,…
We are hiring a new Associate Lawyer. If interested, you can apply here. Job description Blumbergs Professional Corporation, or Blumbergs, is a law firm in Toronto that focuses on charity and non-profit law. We are seeking an associate lawyer…
Jewish National Fund of Canada is a Canadian registered charity. They advised today that the CRA has decided to revoke their registered charity status and they were appealing to the Federal Court of Appeal. None of the CRA letters have…
About half of Canadian charities have no employees. However, about half do have employees. Some charities even have thousands of employees. While some charities are internationally focused, such as those dealing with international development and humanitarian assistance, they have always…
We have discussed before how Mr. Justice Markus Koehnen dismissed the Muslim Association of Canada’s lawsuit against the Canada Revenue Agency previously: Ontario judge dismisses case by Muslim Association of Canada which had challenged the CRA’s audit of that organization…
The Finance Committee (FINA) is conducting a pre-budget consultation for the 2025 Canadian Federal budget. Groups who wish to make a submission should do so by August 2, 2024. Here is the text of the press release: …
In a recent Tax Court of Canada decision, Bacchus v. The King, the Tax Court of Canada has rejected a taxpayers’ donation tax credit claims relating to their donations as part of the GLGI tax shelter program. Here is the text…
WIth the increase in severity of wildfires, floods and other disasters, CRA is reminding charities that if you are affected by such events to let them know. Also, CRA reminds charities of the importance of having off-site backups. Here…
We have written a number of articles about how Corporations Canada is in the process of dissolving about 10,000 Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”) corporations because they have not filed the last 3 years Annual Return. Now, Corporations Canada has…
Here is a new course that Blumbergs will be delivering on Sponsorship vs Donations for Canadian businesses and registered charities. There is an early bird special for a limited time available below. Sponsorship vs Donations for Canadian businesses and…
CRA is reminding Canadian registered charities with a December 31 year-end that the filing deadline for the T3010 is June 30, 2024. They also note the importance of registered charities filing the correct version of the T3010, namely, Version 24. …
We recently reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for 2022 as part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project. The database covers about 83,972 of the approximately 86,000 registered charities in Canada that had filed their T3010 and were…
We recently reviewed: How much did the largest Canadian private foundations spend in 2022 on charitable activities or gifts to qualified donees according to their T3010 filings? We also noted the amount expended on charitable activities and gifts to qualified donees…
According to the T3010 data, over 3 million Canadians work full-time and over 3 million work part-time for Canadian registered charities. It is not clear if these numbers are accurate but what is clear is that charities have lots of…
In the article, Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from the Federal government in 2022?, we provide a list of Canadian registered charities that received the greatest amount of funds from the Canadian Federal government in their 2022 fiscal year.…
In the article, Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Provincial Governments in 2022?, we provide a list of Canadian registered charities that received the greatest amount from the various provincial governments in Canada.
In the article, Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Municipal Governments in 2022?, we provide a list of Canadian registered charities that received the greatest amount from the municipal governments in Canada.