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By Occasional Contributors | 7 Minutes Read April 22, 2020

Board oversight during the COVID-19 pandemic: A checklist for directors

The global COVID-19 pandemic and its rapid evolution has placed enormous pressure on organizations as they seek to adapt to the situation and communicate their response. It is crucial that boards and management collaborate to find the best way forward for the organization.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Payroll / board of directors, Corporate culture, COVID-19, effective communication strategies, health and safety, internal risk, managing external risk, risk management Leave a Comment

By Drache Aptowitzer LLP | 4 Minutes Read April 14, 2014

Donor beware: Bolting the barn door after it's burned to the ground

In a report entitled "Donor Beware"[1] the Tax Ombudsman opined on the CRA's administrative responsibilities regarding charitable donation tax shelters. Perhaps the most surprising thing about the report is that it is dated March 19th, 2014, after years of legislative implementation of tools for the CRA to crack down on tax shelter promoters, charities, directors of charities and donors connected with such plans. As far as we can tell most offensive tax shelters seem to be shut down albeit leaving several large messes still to be cleaned up.

Article by Drache Aptowitzer LLP / Not for Profit / Adam Aptowitzer, audit, Canada Child Tax Benefit, Canadian tax payers, CRA, directors of charities and donors, Drache Aptowitzer LLP, effective communication strategies, Income Tax Act, Revenue Canada, tax ombudsman, tax returns, tax schemes, tax shelter, tax shelter donation schemes, Taxpayer Bill of Rights

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