February 16, 2020
The TCC rejects abusive charitable gifting tax scheme in Tudora v. The Queen
On January 27, 2020, the Honourable Justice Ronald MacPhee of the Tax Court of Canada (TCC) rejected an appeal from Alexandru Tudora dealing with the…
February 16, 2020
FCA dismisses Markou appeal in “Donation Program for Medical Science and Technology”
The Federal Court of Appeal on December 5, 2019 dismissed the appeal in Markou V. Canada relating to the 'abusive charity gifting tax scheme'…
February 10, 2020
Tax preparer given prison sentence for false charitable donation receipts
Here is a recent bulletin from CRA dealing with the problem of fraudulent official donation receipts. Canada Revenue Agency Feb 07, 2020,…
January 29, 2020
Class action lawsuit certified for GLGI donation scheme
The Canadian Lawyer has an article Class action certified for "sham" charitable donation tax scheme. It discusses the class action lawsuit against a…
January 18, 2020
Australian Wildfires and Canadian donors
We all see from the media the terrible wildfires in Australia. Some Canadian donors or charities have wanted to assist with the relief and recovery…
January 18, 2020
The war on philanthropy that does not exist, apparently continues!
The Wall Street Journal on January 8, 2020 in an opinion piece entitled "The War on Philanthropy: Private giving achieves what government…
January 18, 2020
Recent CRA letters of revocation for Canadian registered charities -2015-2018
Here are the CRA letters from a number of recent Canadian registered charity revocations. These letters from CRA cover many different grounds for…
December 20, 2019
Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp 2020
Blumbergs is pleased to announce that we will be hosting Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp again on Monday April 20, 2020. An easy enough…
December 9, 2019
Donor Advised Funds can have greater secrecy – it can also be a problem
Donor Advised Funds are registered charities in Canada that allow a donor to donate to the charity but the donor retains the ability to recommend…
November 30, 2019
It is giving season time again – some thoughts on effective giving
It is now the giving season. We will hear lots from charities on Giving Tuesday and perhaps you will be inundated with too many emails on Giving…
October 25, 2019
Miller v. The Queen, 2019 TCC 204 – the Tax Court of Canada sure can be slow
There was a recent Tax Court of Canada ("TCC") case Miller v. The Queen, 2019 TCC 204. It is not an important or exciting case - it deals with a…
June 28, 2019
Online Charity Law Courses from Blumbergs – 24/7 compliance education for registered charities
We have created two new online courses for those outside of Toronto who are not able to easily attend our programs. They might also be helpful to…
June 9, 2019
Comparison of the CRA’s Charities Listing and Blumbergs’ Charity Data
With the recent changes in May 2019 in which CRA removed about 10 years of public information from the Charities Listing, the differences between the…
May 24, 2019
Dramatic changes to the CRA Charities Listing
CRA has recently updated its Charities Listing and the most notable change is the fact that they have reduced the amount of information available on…
April 30, 2019
Fundamentals of Receipting by Canadian Charities
Properly issuing official donation receipts has been challenging for many registered charities. According to the CRA, 89% of registered…
April 30, 2019
Fundamentals of the T3010 and Transparency for Canadian Charities
Every year Canadian registered charities must file the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return with the Charities Directorate of CRA. In June…
April 23, 2019
Canadian Charity Legal Checklist by Mark Blumberg – April 2019
Here is our new Canadian Charity Legal Checklist. For those who are interested in reviewing legal compliance for their registered charity,…
April 22, 2019
CFA Society of Toronto 2019 Wealth Conference
I will be speaking at the CFA Society of Toronto 2019 Wealth Conference on May 1, 2019 dealing with the topic "Professional Advisors and…
March 25, 2019
Blumbergs’ International Philanthropy Conference 2019 (SOLD OUT)
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a full-day event on international philanthropy on April 12, 2019: Blumbergs' International…
March 19, 2019
Canadian Federal Budget 2019 and its impact on non-profits and charities
Finance Minister Morneau delivered the 2019 Federal Budget today. Here is our article "2019 Canadian Federal Budget - How will it affect the…
March 2, 2019
SNC-Lavalin Affair and the Charity Sector
The SNC-Lavalin affair has been in the news for a while. Here is an article on how this SNC-Lavalin scandal relates to the charity sector.
January 13, 2019
Fallacies about private foundations in 2019 – an article on the many myths about private foundations
The compliance requirements and restrictions on private foundations in Canada are frequently misunderstood, even by those who run large private…
December 14, 2018
Bill C-86 Receives Royal Assent
On Thursday December 13, 2018, Bill C-86 received Royal Assent. Within this Bill, there are several changes to the Income Tax Act related…
November 24, 2018
Informal Risk Reviews are Excellent Value for Money for Registered Charities
I wrote an article many years ago encouraging informal legal reviews by non-profits and charities. It was called “Canadian nonprofit and charity…