Recent Canadian Charity News:

• Official donation receipts must now include the name and website address of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Following the move to the canada.ca website, official donation receipts will need to be updated with the new address: canada.ca/charities-giving. Charities and qualified donees have until March 31, 2019 to make this change.For more information about what must be included on an official donation receipt, see Sample official donation receipts.

• The CRA has released a new video in its Gifting and receipting series. Find out if you can issue donation receipts for the donation of gift cards and gift certificates, as well as the difference between the issuer and the card holder! Watch the video here: Gift certificates and gift cards.