Authored by Philip Milley, Associate Director Legal Affairs Regular readers of the CCCC Bulletin will be aware that CRA will be requiring charities to create and use an online My Business Account to interact with CRA. The online portal will allow a charity to file its information return (T3010) and registration application (T2050),… More

Authored by Philip Milley, Associate Director Legal Affairs Every year, charities are required to complete and file Form T3010, Registered Charity Information Return, within six months of the charity’s fiscal year. Failure to file the T3010 on time is cause for the revocation of the charity’s registered status and may… More

Authored by Philip A.S. Milley, Associate Director, Legal Affairs Last August the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”)  transitioned its website to a new domain: www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency.html. At that time we reported that charities were obligated, as a result of the changing CRA website address, to update their donation receipts to reflect the new domain. CRA has recently… More

Authored By Philip A.S. Milley Associate Director, Legal Affairs Today the Hon. Bill Morneau tabled Budget 2018, which includes supplemental information. Like Budget 2017, which we previously reviewed, Budget 2018 contains few references to charities. The first, on page 189, relates to a pledge to clarify the rules on political activities to allow… More

Charities are often unaware of the rules regarding their involvement in political activities. Charities are permitted to participate in political activities, which includes the ability to speak to current and ongoing public policy issues. Charities are permitted, subject to limited exemptions, to spend up to 10% of its resources on political activities that are… More