The Canada Revenue Agency is pleased to offer a series of webinars. If you are a board member, a treasurer, a volunteer, or an employee of a charity, a session is a great way to learn about your charity’s obligations. We will be starting with the following session:

Gifting and receipting

The Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector is a consultative forum for the Government of Canada to engage in meaningful dialogue with the charitable sector, to advance emerging issues relating to charities, and to ensure the regula…

Following the move to the canada.ca website, official donation receipts will need to be updated with the new address: canada.ca/charities-giving. Charities and qualified donees have until March 31, 2019 to make this change.

Find out if you can issue donation receipts for the donation of gift cards and gift certificates, as well as the difference between the issuer and the card holder.

Important message for applicants seeking charitable registration or charities seeking re-registration

As of July 1, 2017, the Charities Directorate will no longer review draft governing documents. Applica…

New articles on the Excise and GST/HST News.

New webpage: Cause-related marketing

Thinking of becoming a registered charity? Make sure your application is complete by creating a personal checklist of all the documents you need.

The CRA’s Report on the Charities Program 2015-2016 is now available.

The consultations on charities’ political activities are now closed. For more information go to Clarifying the rules governing charities’ political activities: consultation process 2016 to 2017.