June 18, 2021
T3010 Filing Reminder
CRA recently sent out a reminder to file the T3010. More than half of registered charities have a year end date of December 31st, which means that…
June 17, 2021
Upcoming Webinars for the Canadian Charity Law Association
The Canadian Charity Law Association is delivering some upcoming webinars. Registration is free but space is limited. Topics are subject to change.…
June 9, 2021
How has COVID affected funding of the Canadian charity sector? Part 2 – more data from the T3010
In our note "How has COVID affected funding of the Canadian charity sector Part 2?" we reviewed T3010 data and found amongst the 11,821 registered…
June 9, 2021
National Post “WE in hot water again — this time with the CRA over donation receipts”
In an article in the National Post entitled "WE in hot water again — this time with the CRA over donation receipts: WE's legal fees will be far in…
June 3, 2021
CRA circulates information on rapid testing for COVID-19 in the Canadian workplace including for charities, NPOs and Indigenous groups
Here is a note from CRA trying to spread the word about rapid testing and workplaces dealing with COVID. This also includes a program of the…
May 31, 2021
Canadian charities giving to Indigenous Charities and Qualified Donees – 2018
In this article Canadian charities giving to Indigenous Charities and Qualified Donees - 2018, Sharon Redsky, Wanda Brascoupe, Mark Blumberg and…
May 30, 2021
Recent webinar on trust based philanthropy from the MLSE Foundation provides lots of food for thought for Canadian foundations
I listened to a webinar recently that I thought was very good entitled: Community Learning Series - Trust-Based Philanthropy Here is a…
May 29, 2021
CRA increasingly emphasizing importance of separation between registered charities and non-qualified donees
In the last couple of weeks I have read two separate CRA notes on the importance of maintaining sufficient separation between a registered charity…
May 13, 2021
CRA adds new webinars dealing with registered charities and receipting over the next couple of weeks
CRA has announced new webinars dealing with registered charities and receipting. Here is a link. Here is the note from CRA: ……
May 7, 2021
CRA warns about tax shelter gifting schemes and the consequences of participating
CRA recently sent out an email entitled "Warning: Watch out for tax shelter gifting schemes". I am not sure if this is just regular communication or…
May 6, 2021
Update on ONCA – launch will be when new Ontario Business Registry (OBR) is ready
I asked MGCS for an update on ONCA and received the following on May 5, 2021: We are targeting to proclaim ONCA as soon as possible and will…
May 5, 2021
Changes to T3010 filings for registered charities that are under the Ontario Corporation Act, effective May 15, 2021
Registered charities under the Ontario Corporations Act will be affected by some changes when filing their T3010. CRA will no longer be using the…