The CRA put a reminder on their website today “Does your organization make its resources available to, or work with a municipal or public body performing a function of government in Canada, such as a First Nation? The December 31, 2013 deadline for registration of these bodies to maintain their qualified donee status is approaching. For more information, go to Municipal or public bodies performing a function of government in Canada.”
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