Ever have trouble finding a CRA charity policy? Ever wondering whether the Charities Directorate has a policy on something?
Confused about what a completed T3010-1 looks like?
Here are some free podcasts from the Charity Law Information Program (CLIP). http://www.capacitybuilders.ca/clip/podcast/podcastgen1.3/?p=home
The Quebec Government has published a draft entitled “Charities - Governance and Best Management Practices”. They are requesting feedback by June 25, 2011.
Here is a copy of Charities Connection 6 from the Charities Directorate of CRA.
Here is an article by Vancouver Sun reporter David Baines on a BC charity and its revocation by CRA. http://www.vancouversun.com/health/butts+stop+smoking+charity/4821852/story.html
A Brampton tax preparer issues in excess of $34 million in false charitable donation receipts, according to CRA.
Here are some of the upcoming FREE Charity Law Information Program (CLIP) webinars on appropriate receipting and fundraising with links to the registration pages that I will be delivering. The CLIP program of Capacity Builders is supported by a contribution from the Charities Partnership and Outreach Program of the Charities Directorate. There is no charge for these sessions at this time. You can register for any session by clicking the link. The short link for this page is: http://ow.ly/3jsBh
Here is a third article in a series by David Baines of the Vancouver Sun on Vancouver charity lawyer Blake Bromley. It deals with the revocation of the registered charity Prescient Group.
According to an article in the Ottawa Citizen on May 8, 2011 a Canadian charity that was recently revoked, was revoked because of involvement with terrorism. On globalphilanthropy.ca we noted on April 21, 2011 that the WORLD ISLAMIC CALL SOCIETY had been revoked although there was almost no details available as to why http://www.globalphilanthropy.ca/images/uploads/Canadian_Charities_Recently_Revoked_by_CRA_for_cause_-_April_2011.pdf The Ottawa Citizen article sheds quite a bit of light on the organization.
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