March 8, 2020
CRA updates pages dealing with penalties of suspension for charities, RCAAAs and RJOs
CRA recently updated their page dealing with Penalties and suspensions. The big changes appear to be a whole section on penalties and suspension for…
March 8, 2020
Now 462 municipal or public bodies performing a function of government in Canada registered as qualified donees
The list of municipal or public bodies performing a function of government in Canada registered as qualified donees has grown to 462. It is…
March 8, 2020
CRA releases list of registered journalism organizations
Journalism has been under a lot of stress for many years. The Trudeau government has proposed a number of complicated and convoluted initiatives to…
March 8, 2020
Filing your T3010 for 2019 – more options for Canadian charities
Canadian registered charities now have more options when it comes to filing their T3010 for 2019. The form can be filed electronically through the…
March 8, 2020
CRA revoking dormant charities
We recently put online CRA letters to registered charities that had been revoked over the last few years as a result of audit. It was interesting…
March 7, 2020
Upcoming Webinars for the Canadian Charity Law Association
The Canadian Charity Law Association is delivering some upcoming webinars. Registration is free but space is limited. Topics are subject to change.…
February 19, 2020
Stats Can releases 2018 tax filer charity donation information for Canadians
Statistics Canada reported, "While fewer Canadian tax filers made charitable donations in 2018, they were more generous than in 2017." They noted…
February 16, 2020
Very surprising statistics from the Charities Directorate on recent charity registrations
I recently looked at a couple of ATIP documents from the Charities Directorate and I was quite surprised at the decline in the number of charity…
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,…
February 10, 2020
CRA replaces RC59 with Form AUT-01 Authorize a Representative for Access by Phone and Mail
CRA has said that they will no longer accept the RC59 Business Consent for Offline Access and now as of today one will need to use the new Form…
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 29, 2020
Some initial issues for a new Canadian grantmaking foundation
Here is our article "Some initial issues for a new Canadian grantmaking foundation". Hopefully, it will provide some ideas as to issues that new…
January 22, 2020
Another update from the Ontario government on ONCA
On January 7, 2020, I got another update from the Ontario government on ONCA. I warn you for those who read my blogs that the update does not really…
January 21, 2020
Mark Blumberg speaking at the 17th Annual Foundation, Endowment and Not for Profit Investment Summit
Mark Blumberg will be speaking on top compliance issues and transparency with investments at the 17th Annual Foundation, Endowment and Not for Profit…
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
Universities outside of Canada that are qualified donees and fundraising in Canada
If a University is outside of Canada and on a special list maintained by CRA then that foreign university can issue Canadian "official donation…
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…
January 15, 2020
Corporations Canada Changes to Fees + Service Standard Times and improves transparency
Here is our article Corporations Canada Launches Changes to Fees and Service Standard Times and New Express Services Today. There is some very…
December 18, 2019
Mormon church has US$100 billion dollar fund and questions asked about it.
The Washington Post recently had an article entitled "Mormon Church has misled members on $100 billion tax-exempt investment fund, whistleblower…
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…
November 13, 2019
Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation is for now a qualified donee in Canada
There is a list called "foreign charities that have received a gift from Her Majesty in right of Canada". As the name suggests a group that gets a…