Charities registered with Charities Services are required to file an Annual Return. This can be done fairly easily on-line. It appears onerous but is not. There are penalties, including deregistering, for those who do not submit an Annual Return. If Read more…
I hear that changes are proposed to non-profit regulation and reporting in Australia. Can you tell me more? There is a detailed comment on the King and Wood Malleson’s website. There’s also comment in a recent article in the Sydney Read more…
GALA – The Group Against Liquor advertising has been disbanded.
I understand that the law around charities has recently changed. How will this affect me? Full details of the changes brought about by The Charities Amendment Act 2012 are contained in an article on the Charities Commission website: http://www.charities.govt.nz/news/charities-act-changes/ Essentially Read more…
In February 2014 Charities Services made this comment: ” [There are] 27,011 registered charities in New Zealand managing an asset base of $40 billion, they have an annual income of $15.1 billion – a large proportion of which comes from donations. “
I want to form a non-profit organisation. How do I go about it ? The relevant information is contained on the website of the Registrar of Incorporated Societies and there are Fact Sheets on the Charities website. You should consider Read more…
I have heard that there is a review of the structure of Incorporated Societies. Is this correct? In June 2011 the Law Commission released a press release on the reform of the Incorporated Societies Act 1908. The Law Commission is Read more…
In August 2011 the Charities Commission issued this note: Inland Revenue has published a “Revenue Alert” highlighting their concerns that some people are claiming tax credits for “donations” where there may not have been a true gift of money to Read more…
Can you point me to any resources informing a document to a current NFP Board on the purpose, operation and composition of a NFP Board? A document from the Office of the Auditor General on conflicts of interest can be Read more…
Registration itself is free. Once registered with Charities organisations are required to file an ANNUAL RETURN for which there is an annual filing fee if your turnover exceeds a certain level which is currently $51.11 if filed online and around Read more…
Your lawyer will be able to assist – for a fee – or have a look at this website.
You need to be registered as a ‘donee organisation’ with IRD. If, when applying for registration as a NZ Registered Charity, you indicated that funding would include donations/koha then this will be automatic once registered. IRD will not specifically advise you Read more…