Blumbergs’ Receipting Kit for Canadian registered charities – by Mark Blumberg
Our most recent Blumbergs’ Receipting Kit, which has been part of our course Receipting for Canadian Registered Charities (Recorded November 28, 2024), is now available for anyone here. If you wish to receive updates on receipting and other compliance issues…
Presentation by Commissioner Nancy Bélanger on “Understanding your obligations under the Lobbying Act” for the CCLA – December 16, 2025
We were very pleased to have Commissioner Nancy Bélanger, who is Canada’s Commissioner of Lobbying, join the Canadian Charity Law Association on December 16, 2025, to discuss “Transparency in advocacy: Understanding your obligations under the Lobbying Act”. Here is the…
Recent CRA Charities Directorate presentations dealing with books and records
There has been a lot of discussion recently about “books and records” as some charities have been revoked largely for failure to maintain books and records. This presentation by CRA on the topic of books and records may be helpful…
Recent CRA Charities Directorate presentations dealing with draft guidance on administration and management
CRA is working on a draft guidance dealing with administration and management by registered charities. Here is a presentation by CRA that covers some of the issues that may need to be dealt with in such a guidance.
CRA’s view on tax shelter gifting arrangements
We recently received, via an ATIP request we submitted to the CRA, a copy of some Q&A questions from the CRA and here is some supplemental information related to Question 8 dealing with tax shelter gift arrangements.
CRA Charities Directorate’s areas of top audit concern
We recently received, via an ATIP request we submitted to the CRA, a copy of some Q&A questions from the CRA and here is Question 8 on the top areas of concern with registered charities.
CRA responds to question on impact of increasing disbursement quota for Canadian charities
We recently received, via an ATIP request we submitted to the CRA, a copy of some Q&A questions from the CRA and here is Question 7 dealing with the increase in the disbursement quota. The CRA’s answer is not really…
Charities Directorate identifies “Top 5 types of property gifted to charities”
We recently received, via an ATIP request we submitted to the CRA, a copy of some Q&A questions from the CRA and here is Question 6 on top gift-in-kind donations made to charities that are receipted. It is important to…
CRA Charities Directorate and recovery from the pandemic
We recently received, via an ATIP request we submitted to the CRA, a copy of some Q&A questions from the CRA and here is Question 5 dealing with the Charities Directorate’s recovery from the pandemic.
CRA question on Granting by Registered Charities to Non-Qualified Donees (NQDs)
We recently received, via an ATIP request we submitted to the CRA, a copy of some Q&A questions from the CRA and here is Question 4 dealing with the new grant to grantee rules.
CRA responds to question on Data Collection by the Charities Directorate
We recently received, via an ATIP request we submitted to the CRA, a copy of some Q&A questions from the CRA and here is Question 3 dealing with data collection. The question relates in part to whether CRA can collect…
CRA “Can you explain the lag time between legislative changes and Charities Directorate guidance?”
We recently received, via an ATIP request we submitted to the CRA, a copy of some Q&A questions from the CRA and here is Question 2 dealing with the lag time between ITA changes and CRA guidance products. The question…