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In Canada, only a charity that is a Canadian registered charity is exempt generally from Canadian income tax.

On Sept 14, 2018, the Department of Finance released draft legislation proposing amendments to the provisions in the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Act")

The Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave in Guindon v. R., an appeal involving the question of whether tax civil penalties are criminal in nature.

The deadline for any federal not-for-profit corporation to file for continuance under the new Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act is October 17, 2014

In a newly released decision of the Federal Court of Appeal, Cheder Chabad v Minister of National Revenue, a registered charity under the Income Tax Act was awarded an extension to the period of time during which the Minister of National Revenue was precluded from publishing a notice of revocation of its charitable registration, which would have given effect to the revocation of its registered charity status.

After several attempts over the past five years, Canada is finally getting new legislation to govern federal non-profit corporations.

Not-for-profit organizations that are incorporated under either provincial or federal legislation must register a business name if they operate under a name that is different than their legal name.

In December 2014, the Canada Revenue Agency released a revised version of GST/HST Info Sheet GI-037, "Children’s Camps Operated by Public Sector Bodies".

In 2002, Nova Scotia established the Volunteer Protection Act (the "Act"). The Act was created to protect volunteers working for non-profit organizations.

In Welsh v. Ontario, Justices Sharpe, Juriansz and Roberts of the Ontario Court of Appeal granted the appeal of the representative plaintiffs in a class action and set aside the decision of the lower court judge that had approved payment of class counsel's fees on condition that class counsel donate a portion of those fees to charity.

BLG’s Charities and Not-for-Profit Group held its 14th Annual Sector Update for Charities and Not-for-Profit Organizations on November 13, 2013 in its Toronto office.

MasterCard has recently proposed changes to its credit card processing rules which, if implemented, will impact a broad range of "merchants" including non-profits and charitable organizations.

The Government of Canada announced today that it plans to extend the 2024 charitable donation deadline to February 28, 2025.

In our December 2009 edition, we informed you of the passing of a new statute, the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (the "Act"), by the federal Parliament, to replace Part II of the Canada Corporations Act (the "CCA").

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta recently passed Bill 12, the Statutes Amendment Act, 2014, into law on May 14, 2014

The new Societies Act (BC) will come into force on November 28, 2016 and replace the existing governance rules of the current Society Act (BC), which applies to over 25,000 non-profit organizations in British Columbia.