The members of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector have presented the first three recommendations to the Minister of Revenue and other relevant Ministers. Their first work is summarized below.

The group anticipates providing additional recommendations this spring. This includes recommendations in administrative streamlining and reducing bureaucracy to allow charities to fulfill their missions more easily.

Read the full report here 

The Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (the ACCS) was established in 2019 as a new consultative forum for promoting meaningful dialogue between the charitable sector and the Government of Canada, in particular the Canada Revenue Agency (the CRA) and the Department of Finance. The objectives of the ACCS are to advance emerging issues relating to charities, and to ensure that the regulatory environment supports the important work that charities do.