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Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will know how to:

Define key terms related to charitable gift receipting.

Describe what a ‘gift’ is.

Show the information that must appear on a charitable tax receipt for both cash and non-cash gifts.

Explain the split receipting rules.

Clarify how determining the “fair market value” of a gift, forms the basis of proper gift receipting.

Address issues that arise when receipting fundraising events.

Describe the compliance tools the Canada Revenue Agency may use when a charity breaches gift-receipting rules.

About Course

Not sure how to establish the fair market value of that donated painting? Fretting over the charitable receipt amount for your next golf tournament or gala? Receipting Charitable Gifts in Canada answers these and many other common questions about receipting policies so you no longer have to worry if you’re playing by the rules or not.

Course Curriculum

This course provides a list of online and downloadable resources, including a course transcript.

  • Part 1: Tax Receipting in Canada

  • Part 2: What is a Gift?

  • Part 3: Required Components of a Tax Receipt

  • Part 4: Fair Market Value

  • Part 5: The ‘Advantage’ and Split Receipting

  • Part 6: Tax Receipting & Fundraising Events/Auctions

  • Part 7: Management & Administrative Concerns

  • Part 8: CRA and Compliance

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Course Access & Duration

This course is online and self-paced, meaning that you can take it at anytime and anywhere. It will take approximately 1.5 hours to complete it. You have 1 year (365 days) to complete the course from the date of purchase before it will automatically expire in your account.
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Course Level/Prerequisites/Final Exam

This is an introductory level course. A Certificate of Completion is issued once you pass the final exam with a mark of 70% of higher. Recommended companion courses are; Corporate Sponsorship, How Fundraising Works, Event Planning

Certification Credits

This training may be used to meet the requirements for:

  • Certified in Volunteer Administration (CVA) credential. For more details about the CVA program and renewal requirements, visit www.CVAcert.org or email [email protected].

  • Continuing education certification may be eligible through the Professional Administrators of Volunteer Resources – Ontario (PAVRO). For more information, please email [email protected].

  • Participation in the course is applicable for 2 points in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification. For more information, please contact CFRE at [email protected]

Course Author

Dr. Sharilyn Hale partners with those who want to make the world better. As President of Watermark Philanthropic Counsel, she supports philanthropists, generous families, and social purpose organizations across Canada and the Caribbean, resulting in them having greater confidence and clarity. With a passion for great governance, she works with boards of charities and nonprofits, as well as private and public foundations, to help them improve their governance performance. An experienced board director herself with a leadership career spanning the social profit sector, Sharilyn is a Chartered Director (C.Dir.) and a governance advisor and trainer with BoardSource. She holds a doctorate degree in leadership where her research focused on governance and philanthropy. Committed to the leadership development of the nonprofit sector, Sharilyn serves on the Advisory Council for the Masters in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL) program at Carleton University, where she teaches the Governance & Leadership graduate course.

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