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By Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) | 3 Minutes Read February 6, 2019

Implement effective governance practices in not-for-profits

There are increasing pressures on not-for-profit boards to implement effective governance practices. The growth in the sector and the increase in financial, cybersecurity, and other risk factors have fuelled pressures on not-for-profits to be more accountable to its members, donors and other stakeholders.

Article by Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) / Business, Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit, Privacy / Apolone Gentles JD CPA CGA, board governance, board of directors, charitable corporation, charities, corporate governance, governance, governance practices, non-profits, not-for-profit corporations

By Occasional Contributors | < 1 Minute Read December 4, 2018

Why you should not be setting up an Ontario non-profit corporation under the OCA today

The Ontario government passed the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) in 2010. It was originally expected to come into force in 2013, but it has been delayed a number of times. In December 2017, the Ontario government announced that it was "working to bring ONCA into force as early as possible, with a target of early 2020."

Article by Occasional Contributors / Not for Profit / Canada Non-for-profit Corporations Act, not-for-profit, not-for-profit corporations, Not-for-profit Corporations Act, not-for-profit incorporation, OCA, Ontario Corporations Act

By Drache Aptowitzer LLP | 3 Minutes Read March 15, 2018

Directors' liability for source deductions

An issue came up when a CRA auditor queried CRA rulings. She had a file where she intended to assess the directors of a not-for-profit corporation for its failure to remit trust funds. The directors had retained legal counsel, who was of the view that directors’ liability does not apply to directors of a not-for-profit corporation.

Article by Drache Aptowitzer LLP / Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit, Payroll / director liability insurance policies, directors' liability, due diligence defence, employment law, HR, Human Resources, not-for-profit corporations, Payroll, personal liability for directors and officers, tax remittance

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