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Consultation on Political Activities of Charities

October 18, 2016

By:   Arthur Drache Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier has announced[1] that the CRA will collaborate with the Department of Finance to engage with charities to clarify the rules governing political activities.  The online consultations are now open, and the in-person consultations which will be held in six cities across Canada will follow at a later […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Article Archive, Charities - Current Articles Tagged With: charities, compliance, CRA, CRA collaboration, CRA policy, Deboisbriand, Kevin McCort, Lebouthillier, Peter Robinson, political activities, rules governing political activities, Shari Austin, Susan Manwaring

Sticking to your Knitting: and other fascinating facts about diapers

October 18, 2016

By:    C. Yvonne Chenier, Q.C. Charitable food banks have been in the news lately.  In Europe, the Government of France passed laws to stop supermarkets from throwing away food and instead making them donate it to charities and food banks.  In California, where there is a sales tax on disposable diapers, a proposed bill […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Article Archive, Charities - Current Articles Tagged With: Alberta Charity, amending purposes, C. Yvonne Chenier, Calgary Food Bank, Calgary Inter - Faith Food Bank Society, changing purposes, Charitable Objects, Charitable Purposes, charities, charity, CRA, Food Bank, mission creep, outdated purposes, Yvonne Chenier

CRA releases infograph to assist Charities with annual filings

September 7, 2016

By:  Sukhdeep Singh Sembi The continued effort to simplify correspondence to taxpayers from the CRA has recently resulted in the agency publishing an infograph to help charities understand when their annual filings are due. Charities must file the T3010 information return  within six months of its fiscal year-end.  The process is slightly more complicated when […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Article Archive, Charities - Current Articles Tagged With: annual return, charities, Charities Directorate, CRA, infograph, loss of charitable status, Revocation of Charitable Status, Sukhdeep Singh Sembi, T3010

Beware of Operating Contrary to Public Policy

February 25, 2016

By: Adam Aptowitzer  News that Canada will legalize physician assisted death has prompted many publicly funded hospitals with Catholic ties to publicly state that they will not allow the practice in their hospitals. Their position is similar to the one they hold on abortion. The whole discussion is reminiscent of the stance many Catholic (and non-Catholic) […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: CRA, deregistration, Income Tax Act, public policy

CRA Answers Questions about Non-Profits

February 24, 2016

By: Arthur Drache A recent ruling letter from the CRA[1]dealt with a host of scenarios revolving around the use of surplus funds in non-profits organizations (not charities).to determine if a benefit to members result from the use of an accumulated surplus under various scenarios. We should note that nothing in the Income Tax Act prevents […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: CRA, CRA guidance, Income Tax Act, non-profits, questions

Supporting Syrian Refugees: Public Benefit or Private Benevolence

January 11, 2016

Supporting Syrian Refugees: Public Benefit or Private Benevolence By: Karen Cooper  With the recent focus in the media and among grassroots organizations, many Canadians are supporting or thinking about supporting the settlement of Syrian refugees to Canada.  Oftentimes they are doing so with the direct or indirect involvement of registered charities that may, or may […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: Charitable Purpose, CRA, refugees

Why some charities lost their status in 2015

January 7, 2016

Why some charities lost their status in 2015. By C. Yvonne Chenier, Q.C. Every year the charitable registration status of a few charitable organizations, public foundations, private foundations or Canadian Amateur Athletic Associations is officially revoked by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). That means that the organization can no longer issue official donation receipts and […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: C. Yvonne Chenier QC, Charitable Status, CRA

Angels We Have Heard On High

December 8, 2015

By C. Yvonne Chenier Last year at this time I was dreaming of sugarplums obviously when I ended my December 2014 article with hope for legislative reform to reduce red tape and help our charity and not for profit clients. Then on budget night in the early months of 2015, I was disappointed as it […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: C. Yvonne Chenier QC, Charities Directorate, CRA

Transparency in the Charitable Sector

June 9, 2015

By C. Yvonne Chenier, QC Donors are happy and charities are sometimes amazed (and perhaps a bit skeptical) when told that anyone can amass information about charities without even picking up the phone to call the charities themselves. Besides a few private research services that gather information about charities, much pertinent information about any charity […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: C. Yvonne Chenier QC, compliance, CRA, CRA policy

CRA Releases 2015 Charities Program Update

May 4, 2015

 By Tanya Carlton The CRA recently released its 2015 Charities Program Update.[1] According to Cathy Hawara, the Director General of the CRA’s Charities Directorate, the purpose of the Update is to promote transparency in regards to the programs of the CRA and the diverse activities of the charitable sector. The Update focuses on five main topics: […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: charity, CRA, Tanya Carlton

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