Global News | Foreign dollars a ‘minute segment’ of Canadian charities’ budgets

Global News | Foreign dollars a ‘minute segment’ of Canadian charities’ budgets: Figures provided to Global News from the Canada Revenue Agency show that out of 84,176 charities, only 2,014 reported receiving funding from foreign sources in the fiscal year ending in 2010.
The Conservative government first expressed its concern about how much money Canadian charities were getting from abroad in January when hearings for the $5.5-billion Northern Gateway Pipeline were about to begin.

Philanthropy UK : New cross border giving regulations explained in paper from Charity Tax Group

Philanthropy UK : New cross border giving regulations explained in paper from Charity Tax Group: "Charitable tax reliefs are to be extended to certain organisations in the European Union, Norway and Iceland. The move was announced by the last government’s chancellor Alistair Darling in the 2010 Budget and the legislation is contained in the Finance Act 2010, which applies in England and Wales and became law in April.

However, foundations are aware of a degree of uncertainty about the implications of these changes for charities. Sam Macdonald, a partner at Farrer & Co LLP, has written a paper highlighting the key consequences of the legislation. This paper is available to members of the Charity Tax Group website."

Civil Society - Fundraising - Indepth | Continental drift: Changes in cross-border giving in Europe

Civil Society - Fundraising - Indepth | Continental drift: Changes in cross-border giving in Europe: "Are your next big donors in Sweden? Austria perhaps? The law is changing around European residents being able to give tax-effectively to charities in other European Union countries, potentially opening up the floodgates to cross-border competition for donors. Jim Myers looks into what’s been happening across the Channel"

SCVO criticises report on UK cross-border charity work - Third Sector

SCVO criticises report on UK cross-border charity work - Third Sector: "The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations has criticised proposals from the Commission on Scottish Devolution to create a common definition of ‘charity' and ‘charitable' across the UK.

The report, Serving Scotland Better: Scotland and the United Kingdom in the 21st Century, was compiled by a committee of 15 prominent Scots chaired by Sir Kenneth Calman, chancellor of Glasgow University."