May 31, 2012
The Standing Committee on Finance dealt with the charity provisions in the 2012 Federal Budget on May 28, 2012 from approximately 7 p.m. to 9 pm. The subject matter was “Bill C-38, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures”. Despite the title the meeting was interesting - no I don’t mean interesting for me from a charity geek perspective but actually could be interesting for any regular citizen. There was some heated discussion about the role of charities. You had Ethical Oil, the west coast blogger Vivian Krause, the CEO of Imagine Canada, Dennis Howlett from Canadians for Tax Fairness, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and myself. (Also on non-charity matters, not admitting that such a thing exists, there were reps from PDAC which represents mining companies and the Grain Growers of Canada).
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The National Post has written two articles on Canadian hospitals and their Tim Horton operations. As these articles deal with the nexus between our charitable sector (very important) and Tim Hortons (vital) I feel I must comment.
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May 23, 2012
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I was asked to make another submission before the Standing Committee on Finance next Monday May 28, 2012 on the 2012 Federal Budget. (Bill C-38, An Act to implement certain provisions of the Budget and other measures)
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Today I will be presenting to the Ontario Hospital Association Conference on “Top legal compliance concerns for Canadian registered charities” and a second presentation on “Ethical Decision-Making in the Not-For-Profit Sector”. It was a busy day - also presented to the AFP Fundraising Day on the CRA’s Guidance on Fundraising.
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The Globe and Mail had an article today entitled “Noose tightens around donation tax schemes”. It discusses litigation around some schemes that the CRA characterizes as “abusive gifting tax schemes”.
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May 18, 2012
The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer has released a very interesting report entitled “Cost Estimates of Proposed Tax Measures to Encourage Charitable Donations of Assets”. It was written by Stephen Tapp. It looks at the effect of increasing certain tax incentives of donations of private shares, real estate and ecologically sensitive land. There are lots of interesting nuggets in the study that go far beyond just the issue of tax incentives for these measures.
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Here is the transcript from the Standing Committee on Finance on May 8, 2012. 6 witnesses, lots of questions. I was one of the witnesses.
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According to Danie Huppé-Cranford, Director of the Compliance Division of the Charities Directorate the tentative 2011 numbers for abusive charity gifting tax schemes in Canada are down slightly in 2011 compared to 2010.
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Here is an updated version of my article Top Ten Canadian Charity Law Issues. incorporating some of the recent changes.
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Here is an excerpt from a speech by Cathy Hawara, Director General of the Charities Directorate of the CRA on the issue of Canadian charities and political activities.
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