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New reporting requirements for charities

New Reporting Requirements for Charities

What are the new requirements? The ACNC has announced new reporting requirements: charities must report on related party transactions in their Annual Information Statement from 2023 and onward. In general, related party transactions are transactions between persons that have a relationship with the charity. Who a related party is considered to be, and their specific […]

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How are environmental organisations

How are Environmental Organisations being changed structurally?

What is the new Act? The Treasury Laws Amendment (Refining and Improving Our Tax System) Act 2023 (Cth) has outlined many changes for Environmental Organisations in terms of their status as a charity. While most of the Act has recently come into force, the section pertaining to Environmental Organisations will only come into force on

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Reforms coming for fundraising regulations

Reforms coming for fundraising regulations

What are the current fundraising laws like? Currently, fundraising laws in Australia are different for each jurisdiction, and there are a multitude of regulations that charities must be compliant with to ensure that they can fundraise accordingly. These compliance requirements cost charities an exorbitant amount of money that could otherwise be directed towards their charitable

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Registering a charity

Registering a Charity

Registering a charity There are a number of steps that an organisation should consider when deciding whether they are ready to register as a charity. If your idea is still in an early form, it is worthwhile to develop it as much as possible in order to show what your plans are for your charity

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What is a charity tick

What is a Charity Tick?

The Australia Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) has a logo which gives charities a ‘Tick of Charity Registration’ to show the public that charities are registered with the ACNC. The Tick was developed in 2016, coinciding with the release of the 2015 Australian Charities report with figures showing that thousands of Australian charities had been

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Fundraising for charities

Fundraising for Charities

Are you a charity or a not-for profit? Here are important issues to consider when fundraising. Fundraising is an important source of income for many charities and not-for-profits, but fundraising laws can be difficult to navigate, and it is important to have legal expert assistance to properly navigate them. How can charities raise funds? An

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Crowdfunding for charities

Crowdfunding for Charities

Billions of dollars are raised in crowdfunding campaigns around the world, but fundraising platforms can throw up complex legal issues ranging from tax to consumer and criminal law. What is crowdfunding? Crowdfunding allows anyone to raise money for anything, anytime, anywhere. Crowdfunding has grown rapidly in recent years as a popular method of online fundraising

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Acnc governance standards is your organisation working towards its charitable purpose

ACNC Governance Standards: Is Your Organisation Working Towards its ‘Charitable Purpose’?

A charity must meet the ACNC’s governance s Standards to be registered and remain registered with the ACNC. The standards for charities are set out in the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Regulation 2013 (Cth). Standard 1: Purposes and not-for-profit nature A charity must: be not-for-profit, operate for public benefit work towards it charitable purpose.

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