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- CBC “Pandemic tests limits of religious freedom as churches set to fight B.C.’s COVID-19 rules in court”
The CBC’s Jason Proctor wrote an article today on “Pandemic tests limits of religious freedom as churches set to fight B.C.’s COVID-19 rules in court: Group of churches claims public health measures unfairly target religious gatherings“. It quotes Mark Blumberg and CRA on the importance of register … Read more »
- CRA provides additional information on foreign activities by Canadian charities
After years of seeing less and less transparency about registered charities in Canada coming from the CRA, for various reasons, we now have one improvement from CRA in terms of disclosure about foreign activities. I want to commend them for making this change and hopefully after the WE Charity scan … Read more »
- Going the Extra Mile: The Liability of Foreignness in U.S. Foundation International Grantmaking to Local NGOs
I recently ran across a very good article entitled: “Going the Extra Mile: The Liability of Foreignness in U.S. Foundation International Grantmaking to Local NGOs”. It was written by three US professors namely Carrie R. Oelberger, Jesse Lecy, and Simon Y. Shachter. Essentially for a number of reas … Read more »
- Blackbaud’s “Tax Receipting and the Top Compliance Issues for Canadian Charities” delivered by Mark Blumberg
Mark Blumberg will be delivering a webinar for Blackbaud on “Tax Receipting and the Top Compliance Issues for Canadian Charities“. Here is further information: Tax Receipting and the Top Compliance Issues for Canadian Charities January 21, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. ET Did you know that most registered … Read more »
- La Presse Inc. is first registered journalism organization registered under new category of qualified donee
La Presse Inc. is now the first registered journalism organization registered under new category of qualified donee. You can see it listed here. As CRA notes “A registered journalism organization (RJO) is a qualified donee; therefore, it can issue official donation receipts and the Income Tax Act … Read more »