February 25, 2009
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The OECD Report on Abuse of Charities for Money Laundering and Tax Evasion is well worth reading for anyone who cares about the Canadian charitable sector. On my quick read of the report it seems that Canada has probably more charity tax evasion than any other country. The complete report is at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/30/20/42232037.pdf I will be writing an article on the ethics of professional advisors, especially charity lawyers, being involved with advising and defending charity tax evasion schemes.
February 23, 2009
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The Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency has revised their form T3010A with a new form called the T3010B, and it is supposed to be used by Canadian charities for fiscal years ending in 2009.
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February 21, 2009
The Millennium Charitable Foundation Case deals with abusive charitable gifting schemes. The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) sided with CRA in this matter. It is well worth reading for anyone concerned with the charity sector.
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February 20, 2009
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In this article, I look at and criticize a sensationalist and inaccurate article in the Ottawa Citizen entitled “Downturn will sink 10,000 non-profits: think-tank: ‘We’re just beginning to see blood in the pool,’ expert warns”.
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February 15, 2009
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There are many legal and ethical issues with the donation of pharmaceuticals to developing countries. In this note I will touch upon some of the ethical issues.
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February 08, 2009
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This CRA Charities Directorate Update presented in November 2009 provides some interesting information and statistics on compliance issues for the sector.
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February 07, 2009
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February 04, 2009
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Since September 30, 2008 charities who telemarket must register. The Federal government recently rejected an attempt by AFP and Imagine Canada to exempt charities from any registration requirement. Here is my article on the Do Not Call List (DNCL) and Canadian charities.
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February 01, 2009
Most of CRA’s view on political activities by Canadian charities can be found in Policy Statement CPS-022 Political Activities. (see Political Activities (CPS - 022) located at http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/chrts/plcy/cps/cps-022-eng.html I highly recommend that any charity considering conducting any activity that could be construed as political, review in detail the CPS-022 Policy Statement on Political Activities.
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