Charity Law Insights - July 2009    CRA Guidance on Fundraising    Tax Harmonization Is Not Music to the Ears    The King is Dead, Long Live the King. CRA Guidance on Fundraising - Arthur Drache The Charities Directorate has now issued what will be known as CPS-028, its guidance on charitable fundraising activity. Let’s say right up front that it is a considerable improvement over the consultation document which we wrote about in these pages in May, 2008. And that consultation paper was certainly a good step up from what appeared to be the benchmarks used by CRA auditors. More... Tax Harmonization Is Not Music to the Ears - Adam Aptowitzer The Ontario attempt to harmonize its provincial sales tax regime with the federal GST has the charity sector struggling to understand the impact these sweeping changes will have on the various players within the sector. More... The King is Dead, Long Live the King. - Adam Aptowitzer After several attempts Parliament has finally passed a new law to replace the Canada Corporations Act (the “CCA”) which was originally passed in 1917. The new Canada Not For Profit Corporations Act (the “NFPCA”) was given Royal Assent on June 23rd, 2009. For those who have followed this legislation (and by now point most of us had probably given up) the passing into law of this bill came after it was introduced into Parliament for the third time having died on the order paper twice when new elections were called. More... You are receiving this e-mail because you have subscribed to one of our Drache LLP newsletters. You have complete control to review, update your newsletter options or unsubscribe at your discretion. If this email was forwarded to you, we invite you to subscribe to this newsletter or others that appeal to you. Your subscription information is private, please feel free to review our privacy policy. © Drache LLP Barristers & Solicitors, 222 Somerset St. W., 2nd Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2G3 Phone: (613) 233-2675 Facsimile: (613) 233-6752 Email: crotenberg@drache.com