Publications
Affiliation Agreement Upheld by BC Court of Appeal
On May 20, 2016, the B.C. Court of Appeal upheld a claim for specific performance by Habitat for...
Corporate Update
Amendment to Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Regulations On May 13, 2016, Regulation...
Rowan’s Law Receives Royal Assent
On June 9, 2016, Bill 149, Rowan’s Law Advisory Committee Act (“Rowan’s Law”) received royal...
Carters Webinar Series – Spring 2016
Seminar Materials available.On Demand / Replay available. Carters held its Spring 2016 Webinar...
May 2016 Charity & NFP Law Update
NFP in Norway Found Liable for Employee Taken Hostage in Conflict Area CRA News Testamentary...
NFP in Norway Found Liable for Employee Taken Hostage in Conflict Area
In November 2015, an Oslo District Court in Norway found that the not-for-profit Norwegian Refugee...
CRA News
Updated Charities Audit Statistics for 2015-2016 On May 12, 2016, CRA updated its webpage titled...
Testamentary Charitable Giving: The New Regime (Revised)
Elena Hoffstein – Guest Contributor, Charity & NFP Law Bulletin No. 386, May 25, 2016 Editor’s...
Tax Court Comments on CRA’s Timeliness in Detecting Fraud
On April 22, 2016, the Tax Court of Canada released its decision in the case of Wynter v The...
CRA View on FMV of Receipts for Gifts of Property to a Municipality
On May 18, 2016, CRA released technical interpretation 2015-0593921 in response to an email...
CRA Responds to Question on Spousal Sharing of Charitable Gifts by Will
On April 27, 2016, CRA released 2016-0624851C6, a French language response to a question made on...
CRA Rules Tribal Council is Exempt from Part I Tax
Canada Revenue Agency’s (“CRA”) Income Tax Rulings Directorate publicly released ruling...