If your Canadian registered charity has a December 31, 2023 year-end or later, you will need to use the new form of T3010 (called version 24).  For those who use the CRA MyBA, you don’t have to worry about that, as it will automatically populate the correct form.

But for those still using a paper or PDF T3010 form you must ensure that you will use the correct T3010 or it will be rejected by CRA.  If it is rejected, then your charity has not filed your T3010 and you could be revoked in a matter of months.

For this and other reasons, we strongly encourage Canadian registered charities to get onto the CRA MyBA system – it has a number of important advantages over using paper forms.

For Canadian registered charities that are not on the MyBA system or “Digital services for charities” you can get on the system and here is more information from CRA on how to get on the MyBA.

The new T3010, version 24, is not available yet on the CRA website.

Here is the announcement from CRA that we received by email today:

Charities and giving – What’s new

A new version of the Form T3010 is coming in January 2024

In 2022, the Government of Canada announced measures to boost charitable spending in our communities and passed legislation changing disbursement quota rules for registered charities.

In January 2024, the Canada Revenue Agency will release a new version of the Form T3010, Registered Charity Information Return, to reflect new reporting requirements. At that time, there will be two downloadable versions of the Form T3010:

• Charities with fiscal periods ending on or before December 30, 2023, should file their Form T3010 using version 23.
• Charities with fiscal periods ending on or after December 31, 2023, will have to file their Form T3010 using version 24.

Make sure to always download the Form T3010 from the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return page when you start preparing your annual information return. This will ensure you are using the correct version. If you send us an outdated version of the form, we will not accept it for filing.

We encourage all charities to file online using My Business Account (MyBA) or Represent a Client. The online form automatically presents you with the correct version of the annual information return, depending on what fiscal period you are filing for. For more information on how to sign up for MyBA, visit our page Access our online services for charities.

If you have questions about these changes, or about our online services, please call us at 1-800-267-2384. Our representatives are available to help you Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, local time.