{"id":1980,"date":"2017-02-28T13:57:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T18:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spiegelsohmer.com\/?p=1980"},"modified":"2017-02-28T13:57:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T18:57:56","slug":"npos-courts-continue-to-show-more-flexibility-than-the-cra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiegelryan.com\/en\/2017\/02\/28\/npos-courts-continue-to-show-more-flexibility-than-the-cra\/","title":{"rendered":"NPOs: Courts Continue to Show More Flexibility than the CRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top of mind for many is whether the government will soon be making changes to the legislative framework for non-profit organizations (NPOs).&nbsp; Such changes may be premature, given that the government&#8217;s promised consultation on NPOs does not appear to have been completed.&nbsp; However, if change does come, it will hopefully take account of Court decisions in the area, both at the federal and provincial level, that have shown more flexibility towards NPOs than the CRA in its interpretations.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/spso.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp\/home\/sysadmin\/spiegelsohmer.com\/htdocs\/cms\/2017\/02\/NPOs_-Courts-more-flexible-than-CRA.pdf\">here<\/a> for the full article, that first appeared in the February 24, 2017 issue of <em>The Canadian Taxpayer<\/em>, published by Thomson Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top of mind for many is whether the government will soon be making changes to the legislative framework for non-profit organizations (NPOs).&nbsp; Such changes may be premature, given that the government&#8217;s promised consultation on NPOs does not appear to have been completed.&nbsp; However, if change does come, it will hopefully take account of Court decisions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-droit-des-affaires","category-litige"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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