By: Arthur B. C. Drache It is very common that volunteers and board members of charities lay out funds in support of the organization’s activities. It may be to pay for gas while driving clients of the charity to travel and accommodation expenses to attend board meetings away from one’s own city. In […]
(Declining Donations: What It Means for Charities) By: Mark S. Anshan (Beggar) “Alms for the poor, alms for the poor…” (Lazar) “Here, Reb Nahum, is one kopek.” (Beggar) “One kopek? Last week you gave me two kopeks.” (Lazar) “I had a bad week.” (Beggar) “So, if you had a bad week, why should I […]
by: Sylvie Lalonde In the recent case of Ontario Psychological Association v. Mardonet et al. (2016), 132 O.R. (3d) 750 the Court was asked to consider a peculiar argument that, if successful, would have yielded an absurd result. The Ontario Psychological Association (the “OPA”) is a not-for-profit corporation and voluntary professional organization representing psychology […]
By: Alexandra Tzannidakis Ontario’s Employer Health Tax (EHT) is a payroll tax that generally kicks in after an organization’s payroll exceeds a certain amount. In practice, this works as an exemption from the tax on the first $450,000 of the organization’s payroll. Not every employer can benefit from this exemption, since it is intended to […]
By: Arthur B. C. Drache There are hundreds of donor advised funds registered as charities in Canada and thousands in the United States. In a nutshell, these funds receive capital from donors and invest those funds. Conceptually, each specific fund is thought of (by donors anyway) as separate but the fact of the matter is […]
By: Sukhdeep Singh Sembi This past month Corporations Canada hosted their annual Client Engagement Session in Ottawa, where their senior staff conversed with members of the public. Their annual meeting aimed to update the private sector on their activities of the year past, highlighting important successes, problem areas and prospective changes in the administration of […]
By: Adam Aptowitzer We are often contacted by charities seeking to insulate themselves from potential legal action by disgruntled former members of their organization. This typically results from situations where the individual has been kicked out of the organization for specific misconduct. Although for the most part these disputes result in acrimonious name calling from […]
By: Kara Johnson If someone asked you “where” your cloud storage is, would you know the answer? The “cloud” is the common term used when data is stored remotely but yet accessible (to your multiple devices) through the internet. Given that the data is now ‘remote’ we often receive questions from clients as to […]
By: Sukhdeep Singh Sembi As our readers know the new government has taken steps to revamp the restrictions on political activities by charities, by dismantling the political activities audit program and by promising a new approach following consultation with the public and members of the charities industry. It is important however to note that […]
By: Arthur Drache Each year in January and February we review our list of charitable donations made and start checking to see whether we have received receipts for the donations. Over the years we have found that inevitably there will be some problems though generally the issuing of receipts has become more expeditious with the […]