As of June 1, 2019, the Canada Revenue Agency offers new digital services for charities through their platform, My Business Account (“MyBA”). You, your employee, or your Authorized Representative can do the following tasks online: apply to become a registered charity, a registered Canadian amateur athletic association (RCAAA), or registered national arts service organization (RNASO) […]
CRA Comes to Lunch
By: C. Yvonne Chenier The title for the mid-day address of the Canadian Bar Association Charity Law Annual Symposium is usually the “CRA Comes to Lunch”. Lunch is served before we hear from the Director General, Charities Directorate, Canada Revenue Agency. At the May 11, 2018, Symposium, the morning sessions focussed on revisiting the meaning […]
CRA and the CHAMP
By: C. Yvonne Chenier Those of us, who deal with the Canada Revenue Agency Charities Directorate (the “CRA”) on behalf of clients on a regular basis, have often lamented about the old fashioned ways of communicating and filing that they use, i.e. telephone, fax and snail mail or courier. But similar to how businesses and […]
