September 16, 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.…
August 28, 2020
CRA asking about cryptocurrencies on charity audits
When CRA audits charities they typically send a long questionnaire to be filled in by the charity on many different issues. With some…
July 19, 2020
We have recently added two new online courses for Canadian charities
We have recently added 2 new full-day courses namely Fundamentals of Running a Canadian Charitable Organization/Operating Charity and Fundamentals of…
June 29, 2020
Some compliance trends or task over the next 6 months for Canadian registered charities
Here are a number of trends or compliance suggestions for charities over the next six months:If you are an Ontario corporation under the Ontario…
June 6, 2020
New course on restricted gifts in Canada by Mark Blumberg
Today we are launching a new course of restricted gifts for Canadian charities: "Restricted Gifts - Managing the Opportunities and Dangers of…
May 5, 2020
BC Financial Services Authority and gifts of life insurance to charities
Every year less than 1% of Canadian registered charities identify in their T3010 receiving a life insurance policy for which they issued an official…
March 19, 2020
Corona Virus/COVID-19 charity issues – cancelling events, refunds and the possibility of a charitable donation
The COVID-19 crisis is affecting charities in numerous ways. In this short note, we will discuss cancelling events and refunding money or attempting…
March 18, 2020
Registered Charity Q&A with Blumbergs – Friday March 20, 2020
With the Charities Directorate call centre suspended till April 5, 2020, we thought we would have a Registered Charity Q&A on Friday, March 20.…
March 17, 2020
A discount for Blumbergs online courses until April 1, 2020
Over the last year, Blumbergs has released 8 online courses. In case you are interested we have provided over the next 2 weeks a 50% discount…
March 17, 2020
Blumbergs releases new Canadian Charity Legal Checklist for 2020 by Mark Blumberg
Here is an updated Canadian Charity Legal Checklist by Mark Blumberg. It is a checklist for Canadian registered charities to assist them with…
March 14, 2020
Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp 2020 -now online
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…
March 8, 2020
List of foreign charities that have received a gift from the Canadian government is up to 5
The List of foreign charities that have received a gift from Her Majesty in right of Canada has now 5 foreign charities listed. Here is the list:…
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…
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
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…
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…
November 13, 2019
CRA terminates some municipalities as qualified donees
I know the title sounds a little harsh but I recently checked a list that the CRA maintains of municipalities that are "qualified donees" or groups…
October 13, 2019
Blumbergs Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2017
We are pleased to launch our Blumbergs Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2017 with information on the Canadian registered charity sector for 2017.…
September 22, 2019
Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Institute 2019
Join us on Monday October 7, 2019 in Toronto for the 8th Annual Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Institute. We will be featuring a number of…
September 14, 2019
Just launched our 3rd online course “Fundraising from Canada: A course for groups outside of Canada”
We have just launched our 3rd online course - this one is entitled "Fundraising from Canada: A course for groups outside of Canada". It is geared…
August 27, 2019
Question to CRA on alter ego trusts and whether transfers are a donation
STEP Canada had a CRA Roundtable on June 6-7, 2019 and they discussed a number of topics. One issue of interest to charities and…
July 24, 2019
TCC Ruling on Failure to Maintain Adequate Books and Records with Foreign Activity and Suspension
On June 28, 2019, the Tax Court of Canada released its decision Promised Land Ministries v the Queen, in which it upheld CRA's decision to…
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…
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…