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RCAAA - Welcome to the Club- Published February 2012 Non-Profits in a Nutshell- Published February 2012 Approaching Deadline for Property Tax Rebates- Published February 2012 Thoughts on Improving the Incentives to Give - Published February 2012 The By-law Conundrum - Published January 2012 Being a Good Sport - Lessons for the Sporting Not for Profit - Published January 2012 Cause Related Marketing - Published January 2012 A Primer on the Tax Incentives of Charitable Giving - Published January 2012 Old Act to New Act - Published December 2011 Donating Stock to Smaller Charities - Published December 2011 CRA Provides Guidance- Published December 2011 Guilt By Association- Published December 2011 Top Ten Things You Should Know About the New Federal Law - Published November 2011 New Beginnings The Canada Not-For-Profit Corporation Act- Published November 2011 New Rules for Canadian Municipalities and Foreign Universities- Published November 2011 Contents of Charitable Receipts - Published November 2011 Life In Interesting Times- Published October 2011 Ontario Property Tax Exemption for Charities Not a Fait Accompli- Published October 2011 Please Submit Draft Trust Agreement - Published October 2011 Legal Advice for Charities Creates Conundrum for Lawyers - Published October 2011 The Other New Act in Town - Published September 2011 Hitting the Reset Button - Interest Relief for Reassessed Donors - Published September 2011 Beware of Creating Life Tenancies in the Family Home - Published August 2011 Proposed Electronic Commerce Protection- Published August 2011 Hidden Implications of Using Compliance Agreements - Published July 2011 Do your programs entitle families to a tax credit - Published July 2011 Written Resolutions in Lieu of Meetings - Published July 2011 Losses by Charities Create Conundrums - Published July 2011 Schedule VII Universities and Friends - Published June 2011 New Regime for Federal Not for Profits- Published June 2011 Domestic Intermediaries - Published June 2011 Pandora's Box of Charitable Donation Incentives - Published June 2011 Bill C-28 Canada's Anti-Spam Law - Published June 2011 Signficant Changes to Boards of Directors - Published May 2011 Alter Ego Trusts and Charitable Remainder Trusts - Published May 2011 Blog Membership - Published May 2011 Complicated, Confusing and Costly Consequences - Published May 2011 Giving Charities the Benefit of the Doubt- Published May 2011 Forewarned is Forearmed - Published May 2011 Are you now or have you ever been a soliciting corporation? - Published May 2011 Filing Returns for Non-Profits - Published May 2011 Spring Cleaning - Published April 2011 Two Steps Forward One Step Back- Published April 2011 CRA deals with DQ Examples - Published April 2011 Ding Dong the Witch is Dead - Published April 2011 Electioneering Again- Published April 2011 Immediate Revocation is an Access to Justice - Published March 2011 The Artist's Resale Right: A Latecomer to Bill C-32? - Published March 2011 Filing Returns for Non-Profit Organizations - Published March 2011 Overview of Not For Profit Corporations Act - Published February 2011 An Overlooked Source of Major Donations - Published February 2011 A Minute on Minutes - Published February 2011 Charities and Tandem Entities - Published February 2011 Planning to Visit Alberta and ask for Money? - Published January 2011 Bill C-470: Down but Not Out - Published January 2011 Charities Directorate Plans for 2011 - Published January 2011 The View from the Mountaintop - Published January 2011 The Tax Treatment of Corporate Sponsorships- Published November 2010 CRA Opines on Bequests - Published November 2010 Starving Artist: Not Just A Figure of Speech - Published November 2010 When Words Fail...The Importance of Getting it Right at the End - Published October 2010 Flexibility on Charitable Tax Credit Use - Published October 2010 Shining a Light on the Unknown; The Coming of the CNFPCA - Published October 2010 Trusts as an Organizational Option - Published September 2010 When the CRA pits the Charity against the Donor - Published September 2010 Making a Citizen's Arrest - Published August 2010 Directing Fees to a Charity - Published August 2010 Fighting It Out - New Forums in the Corporate NFP Act - Published August 2010 Briefly Noted in July - Published August 2010 NFPs Can't Even Give it Away - Published August 2010 Tax Wars: The Client Strikes Back - Published August 2010 Losing Not for Profit Status - Published July 2010 Corporate Benefits - Published July 2010 Not for Profit Bankruptcy The Case of Kawartha Native Housing Society - Published July 2010 New Ontario Not for Profit Corporations Act - Published May 2010 Upholding Human Rights - New CRA Policy - Published May 2010 Operating Interprovincially - Published May 2010 The Tax Man Cometh - Considerations for Charities on the HST - Published May 2010 Key Non-Profit Requirement Discussed by the CRA - Published May 2010 The Value of a Donated Life Insurance Policy - Published April 2010 Bad Legal Drafting Means no Charitable Tax Credits - Published February 2010 Land Transfer Tax in Ontario and Manitoba Change - Published April 2010 Ghost of Disbursement Quotas Past - Thoughts on the March 2010 Budget New Area of Director's Liability - Published on February 25, 2010 Fundraising in Ontario - Published on 31, 2010 Prescribed Foreign Universities - Published on January 31, 2010 2009 An interesting year - Published December 2009 Economic Situation has a Magnified Affect on Charities - January 2009 Insuring Financial Success - Donating Life Insurance - December 2007 Disputes with the CRA - Published June 2006 A Newsletter on Newsletters - Published June 2006 Canadian Charities Operating Overseas - Published May 2006 Foreign Membership Fees - Published December 2009 Minutes of Meeting - Published September 2009 CRA Guidance on Fundraising - Published July 2009 Remuneration and the Income Tax Act - Published January 2009 National Arts Service Organizations - Published 2008 Non Profits Grace Period Expires - Published May 2008 What Are Books and Records - Published February 2008 Tax Executives Have Questions As Do We - Published December 2007 Gift of Life Insurance - Published September 2007 Letting Go Is Hard To Do - Published February 2007 Ten Percent Rule Offers Poor Protection - Published October 2006 Anonymous Gifts Get Tax Relief-Published August 2006