September 30, 2009
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In an earlier blog (http://www.globalphilanthropy.ca/index.php/blog/comments/holy_alpha_and_omega_church_of_toronto_case_-_fraudulent_tax_receipts/) I had noted the case of Holy Alpha and Omega Church of Toronto. The Federal Court of Appeal heard the matter in September 2009 and here is the decision http://decisions.fca-caf.gc.ca/en/2009/2009fca265/2009fca265.html The case involved a charity that CRA alleged was not complying with a number of requirements for a registered charity including but not limited to: they did not maintain adequate books and records; they did not have an agreement with a foreign intermediary over substantial amounts of funds sent to Ghana and therefore could not show that they had “direction and control” over their own resources; and they did not maintain proper control over tax receipts and a large number were missing.
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September 27, 2009
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Here is an article at Imagine Canada’s website on “Some Top CRA Compliance Issues” by William Harper http://nonprofitrisk.imaginecanada.ca/files/insuranceinfo/en/publications/bill_harper_sept_2009.pdf
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If you anticipate that your charity is going to be audited by the Charities Directorate of CRA you may wish to review my article Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Audits and Canadian Registered Charities at http://www.globalphilanthropy.ca/images/uploads/Canadian_Charities_and_Audits_by_the_Canada_Revenue_Agency.pdf Here is a copy of an example of a Required Information and Documentation Letter from CRA which gives you an idea of some of the information that the CRA may initially request.
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September 23, 2009
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The Canadian Council of Christian Charities (CCCC) has provided their submission to the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) on the CRA’s proposed guidance on foreign activities (the “CRA Consultation on the Proposed Guidance on Activities Outside of Canada for Canadian Registered Charities”). The CCCC is an umbrella organization of over 3,000 member charities and you can find their response at: http://www.cccc.org/releases/2009-09-22-CCCC_Response.pdf
To read the consultation document go to: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/chrts/plcy/cnslttns/ccrc-eng.html
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September 19, 2009
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Here is some information on the Third Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise in Toronto in November.
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September 16, 2009
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The Ontario Public Guardian and Trustee has produced a charity bulletin entitled Charitable Fundraising: Tips for Directors and Trustees. In that bulletin they list in “Appendix A: Factors to Consider Before Signing a Fundraising Contract”.
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The CRA has announced contribution funding for eight new projects under the Charities Partnership and Outreach Program (CPOP). One of the announced projects will be handled by the Ontario Community Support Association under its Charity Law Information Program (CLIP). The CLIP project announced today has two aspects. First, to educate Canadian charities about the requirement of gifting only to other qualified donees. This affects Canadian charities who transfer resources to organizations that are not qualified donees, whether such organizations are inside Canada or outside Canada (foreign activities). It will emphasize the importance of having proper structured arrangements with local and foreign intermediaries (agents, partners, contractors etc) The second part of the project is to increase the financial management capacity of the charitable sector and to avoid misuse of charities assets including with fraud, money laundering, terrorism and excessive private benefit. For more information see http://www.capacitybuilders.ca/clip/clip.php
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September 13, 2009
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In this article I wrote for the Charity law information program it discusses the Ten Most Useful Features of the Canada Revenue Agency’s Charity Directorate Website for Charities. If you have not recently visited the site you might find that CRA has added a lot of practical and easy to understand information for charities.
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September 09, 2009
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I will be delivering two workshops in Toronto on October 6, 2009 for the Charity Law Information Program (CLIP) of CapacityBuilders. For further information see the Toronto Brochure and registration information for CLIP.
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Posted by Mark Blumberg on 09/09 |
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The main page for the OCSA 2009 Conference is at http://www.ocsa.on.ca/Conference/2009/index.html The program is at http://www.ocsa.on.ca/Conference/2009/program.html I thought I would highlight a few interesting speakers namely Seb Elsworth, from the UK Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations(ACEVO) who will be discussing “Business Development: $ and Sense of Building Your Business”. As well, Robert (Bob) Harrington, MSW/LCSW, of La Piana Consulting based in California will be talking about “Real Time Strategic Planning within a Constantly Changing Environment”. Cynthia Armour will also be talking about the board’s role in fundraising and also fundraising in hard times. Far less interesting, I will be talking about top 15 charity legal compliance risks. There will also be a number of presentations on pandemic preparedness.
