Legal Lunch ‘N Learn: Recent change to the Income Tax Act will allow registered charities to make grants to non-qualified donees
Legal Lunch ‘N Learn: Recent change to the Income Tax Act will allow registered charities to make grants to non-qualified donees
Thursday, January 12 @ 12:00pm
In collaboration with Pacific Legal Education And Outreach Society (PLEO)
Over the course of the last year, thanks in large part to the tireless efforts of Senator Ratna Omidvar, efforts to meaningfully improve how Canadian charities operate have come to fruition. Join Pacific Legal Education and Outreach Society (PLEO) and Vantage Point for a time-critical update on the CRA’s recently released draft guidance.
In the session we will review the Draft Guidance and how these changes support charities to establish equal partnerships with non-charities, empowering the voices of BIPOC organizations, while still ensuring accountability and transparency
Audience:
1. Not-for-profit leaders looking to learn more about potential changes proposed for registered charities making grants to non-qualified donees.
2. Sector leaders with the capacity to engage in the public consultation process on the draft guidance from CRA.
Session Objectives:
1. Articulate what the draft guidance from CRA may mean for Registered charities making grants to non-qualified donees
2. Identify next steps to engage in the public consultation process
3. Identify recommended perspective to strengthen the current CRA guidance
Facilitator
Martha Rans, Q.C.
Founder & Legal Director, PLEO
Martha Rans is a lawyer specializing in the legal needs of non-profit societies, charities, co-operatives, as well as many artists. She has been practicing law in British Columbia since 1997 and spent 10 years as a labour employment and human rights lawyer/mediator with the BC and Ontario governments. She is a recognized expert on both Canada’s Copyright Act as well as the BC Societies Act. She advises on copyright, charity law, incorporation, privacy, employment, labour, health & safety and human rights and is an advocate for public legal education and information. Martha is the Founder and Legal Director of Pacific Legal Education and Outreach Society, home of the Artists Legal Outreach and Law for Non-Profits.