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New qualifying disbursement rules add directed donations anti-avoidance provisions complicate charity regulation

The new Qualifying Disbursement rules will give some charities (with certain objects) some more flexibility when dealing with non-qualified donees in Canada and outside of Canada. At the same time, the anti-avoidance provision passed at the same time will make it more difficult in many cases for registered charities to deal with non-qualified donees.

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Budget Implementation Act passed allowing certain additional charitable partnerships

The Budget Implementation Act No. 1 was recently passed which allows for “(l) enabling registered charities to enter into charitable partnerships with organizations other than qualified donees under certain conditions;”.  There has been a lot of changes and misunderstandings about this change.

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Many charities with March 31 year ends need to file their T3010 by September 30

Many Canadian registered charities have March 31 year ends. Mostly these are aligned with government funders who have a similar year-end. These March 31 registered charities need to ensure that they can accurately file their T3010 by September 30.

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