Drache Aptowitzer

Greetings!

Welcome to your October edition of the Charity Law Insights. 
 
We have received some wonderful feedback on our past newsletters and want to take this opportunity to thank our readers for recognizing our material as providing insight and value to their organizations. We think this edition will live up to the high expectations of our readers.
 
As usual, lawyers at Drache Aptowitzer Professional Corporation will be speaking at a variety of events around the country, we hope to continue meeting our readers then.
 
As always, your comments are welcome.
 
 
Yours truly,
Drache Aptowitzer Professional Corporation
 
 
 
By: Arthur Drache C.M., Q.C. 
 
Within the next year or so, charities and non-profits which are incorporated under both Federal and Ontario no-share corporation legislation will be faced with mandatory changes which will require re-registration under the soon to be effective corporate legislation and which has much stricter rules relating to what can and cannot be incorporated into the by-laws. There will also be more onerous requirements depending upon whether a corporation is receiving funds from the public or from the government.
 
When the CRA Pits the Charity Against the Donor
By: Adam Aptowitzer
 

Adam Aptowitzer
When the CRA audits a charity, the charity's primary goal is often the protection of its donor base. In fact, this can be broken into two separate concerns. The first is the predictable reputational concern that preoccupies all charities. The second is that information gleaned from the audit not be used to reassess donors to the charity. This second concern can in fact be quite significant, as evidenced by a recent case in which Drache Aptowitzer was involved.
 
To read the article click here:
http://www.drache.ca/articles/charities/charity-vs-donor
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