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Predicting 2013: Thoughts About the Upcoming Year for Charities

April 30, 2014

Predicting 2013: Thoughts About the Upcoming for Charities By: Adam Aptowitzer In the past we have sworn off predicting developments relating to the charity sector, but 2013 is somewhat different in that several projects that were begun earlier can be expected to mature in the coming 12 months. And so, with more confidence than in […]

Filed Under: Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: Adam Aptowitzer, charities

The Friction Factor

April 30, 2014

The Friction Factor By C. Yvonne Chenier, Q.C. An American suffragist (Frances E. Willard, 1839-1898) apparently once said: “The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum”. I am not sure exactly what she was referring to but she could easily have meant what […]

Filed Under: Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: C. Yvonne Chenier QC, charities, governance

T-3010 Mounting Complexity for Charities

April 30, 2014

T-3010: Mounting Complexity for Charities By Arthur Drache In the olden days, say a dozen or so years ago when the Voluntary Sector Initiative was still underway one of the objects was to simplify the annual report requirements for registered charities. Indeed, serious discussions were held about either exempting small charities altogether or devising a […]

Filed Under: Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: Arthur B.C. Drache CM QC, charities, CRA, governance

Charitable Receipting Can be a Charity’s Achilles Heel

April 30, 2014

Charitable Receipting Can be a Charity’s Achilles Heel By Adam Aptowitzer In Greek mythology Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War. Although mortal when born, the goddess Thetis tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx. Ostensibly to ensure he did not drown, she held him by the heel […]

Filed Under: Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: Adam Aptowitzer, charities, receipting

Feeling Duped Into Donating

April 30, 2014

Feeling Duped into Donating: Can You Be Protected? By Brent Randall At his pinnacle, Lance Armstrong was one of the most famous athletes in the world and the most dominant professional cyclist ever. His popularity at the time, and his personal story of overcoming cancer, inspired many to contribute to the charity he founded, the […]

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New Hope For Taxpayers Caught in Charitable Donation Tax Shelter Schemes

April 30, 2014

New Hope For Taxpayers Caught in Charitable Donation Tax Shelter Schemes by Alexandra Tzannidakis In November 2012, the Tax Court of Canada added an interesting new twist to the epic story of Canada Revenue Agency versus tax shelters with its decision in Berg v The Queen. The story is an old one. Every year, many […]

Filed Under: Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: Alexandra Tzannidakis, charitable intent, charities, donations, gifts, receipting

No Obligation for Charity to Issue a Receipt for a Gift

April 30, 2014

No Obligation for Charity to issue a Receipt for a Gift By Arthur Drache We have made the point in articles gone by that there is no obligation on a charity to issue a receipt for a gift though of course a refusal to do so would raise serious questions in the minds of donors […]

Filed Under: Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: Arthur B.C. Drache CM QC, charities, donations, receipting

Why Every Charity Should Consider Incorporation

April 30, 2014

Why Every Charity Should Consider Incorporation by Alexandra Tzannidakis Before a group can be registered as a charity, there has to actually be some legal thing to register. This means that every charity faces the choice of which legal structure to use. A charity can be constituted as a trust, an unincorporated association, or a […]

Filed Under: Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: Alexandra Tzannidakis, charities, corporate

Calling a Plumber

April 30, 2014

Quick Our Basement is Flooding – Call a Lawyer By: Adam Aptowitzer There are times being a lawyer is a bit like being a plumber. Like a plumber, a lawyer is called when an organization is being built, and like a plumber we are called in an emergency. But that is where the similarity ends, […]

Filed Under: Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: Adam Aptowitzer, charities, CRA, non-compliance

Employee Directed Gift to A Charity

April 30, 2014

Employee Directed Gift to a Charity by Arthur Drache Making a charitable donation in honour of or in memory of a third party is of course a common event. In such a case, the donor will normally get a receipt for tax purposes and the charity will arrange for the fact of the donation to […]

Filed Under: Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: Arthur B.C. Drache CM QC, charities, donations, gifts, receipting

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