Here is the Blumbergs Canadian Charity Law List for February 2011. To sign up to this free newsletter visit: Blumbergs Canadian Charity Law List – February 2011 1) Upcoming FREE CLIP Webinars (Online internet seminars) on charity law, fundraising…
Here is a copy of my paper delivered at the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) Institute 2011 entitled Top Receipting Concerns for Canadian Registered Charities. I was delighted to be co-chairing the program and that there were 90 lawyers out for…
Here is a copy of my paper delivered at the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) Institute 2011 entitled Top Receipting Concerns for Canadian Registered Charities. I was delighted to be co-chairing the program and that there were 90 lawyers out for…
CRA has just released its “Consultation on proposed guidance for The Promotion of Animal Welfare and Charitable Registration”. It is being released as part of a consultation and they are asking for comments by March 31, 2011. There are over…
David Thompson of Scarfone Hawkins in Hamilton, Ontario recently wrote a paper entitled “Dangerous Opinions – Legal and Ethical Issues with Legal Opinions on Charity Law and the Income Tax Act”. If anyone is wondering how can people believe the…
Jamie Golombek wrote recently an article in the Financial Post on an audit initiative of CRA targeting high net worth individuals whose assets are over $50 million dollars and one of the items CRA is querying is related entities including…
Here is a presentation entitled CRA Major Charity Non-Compliance Issues which was recently delivered in Toronto. Danie Huppe-Cranford is head of compliance at the Charities Directorate of the CRA.
In Proulx, D. v. The Queen, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) sided with CRA and allowed a CRA appeal from a Tax Court decision dealing with clergy residence deductions. The court noted that “the judge recognized Ms. Proulx, a…
Here is a flyer for an upcoming program on Fundraising and Receipting in Ottawa February 23, 2011. Join us on February 23 for two new Fundraising Guidance and Receipting Workshops in Ottawa! RA Centre – Courtside B Room 2451 Riverside…
Here is a copy of the IC84-3R Attachment published in February 2011. The list covers a small category of qualified donees which are organizations outside of Canada to which the Canadian government has made a gift to in the last…
Here is debate organized by Network For Good involving author and fundraising consultant Dan Pallotta, Ken Berger (Charity Navigator) and Bob Ottenhoff (Guidestar). Here are Bob’s slides and Ken’s cogent argument at When Dan makes his slides publicly…
Here is an upcoming presentation I will be delivering entitled “Governance Primer for Charity Boards” for Volunteer MBC (Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon)) and the Peel Leadership Centre on February 15, 2011. Is your board properly carrying out its responsibilities? Join…
Here is a nice simplification of the Do No Harm model. You can read about it at Here is a quote from the DNH document: Actions, Resources, and Resource Transfers When an organization enters a context, it brings…
Be careful of tax preparers offering inflated charitable donation receipts. “The CRA reminds Canadians to not be fooled by tax preparers offering larger refunds than other preparers. While most preparers provide excellent service to tax filers, a few unscrupulous return…
CRA is cracking down on tax preparers who prepare fraudulent donation receipts. Here is an example of a recent press release from the CRA. News release Toronto tax preparer gets house arrest for tax fraud Toronto, Ontario, December 1,…
Are you a Federal non-profit corporation currently under the Canada Corporations Act?. If so in the next 3 years after the new Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act comes into force will have to continue/transition to the new Act. Corporations Canada will…
The Charities Directorate of the CRA has updated various pages dealing with registered charity disbursement quota obligations. See the Charities Directorate’s What’s New page at 2011-01-25 The following Web pages have been updated due to amendments to the Income…
Here is the January 2011 Blumbergs Canadian Charity Law List. Charity Law Education 1) Upcoming Free Charity Law Webinars Are you concerned about receipts issued by your charity? Is your charity compliant with CRA requirements under the Fundraising Guidance? Here…
The CRA has revoked the registration of Operation Save Canada’s Teenagers and Revival Time Ministries International as a charity. Here are copies of the actual CRA letters to the two registered charities: Copies of Letters to Two Charities Also the…
Finance Canada has just posted the Tax Expenditure Reports and Evaluations which has information on estimates and projections of the cost of certain tax deductions and credits including the charitable donation tax credit (personal) and the charitable donation deduction (corporate).…
A new Form T3010-1, Registered Charity Information Return, and amended Guide T4033-1, Completing the Registered Charity Information Return, are now available online at the CRA site. Charities with fiscal periods ending on or after March 4, 2010, that have not…
InterAction is the “largest alliance of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focused on the world’s poor and most vulnerable people.” They have just launched a blog. It will be interesting to see the information and discussions that take place. Here…
The Charities Directorate has announced it will be presenting the following topics for 2011: February 2: T3010-1: Line by Line Review; February 23: Activities Outside Canada; March 16: Political Activities To register go to ———— Charities Information Webinar Registration…
Here is a copy of the new CRA Guide T4033-1 Completing the Registered Charity Information Return. This guide will help Canadian registered charities complete the T3010-1 Registered Charity Information Return. The new Guide is shorter as a large part of…