Due to the Government’s ongoing efforts to support Canadians through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) suspended many audit, collections and compliance activities, and committed to resuming them in a thoughtful and phased manner.
The CRA is now gradually resuming additional activities, and may need to contact Canadian charities with a specific call to action. However, you should be aware of scammers pretending to be CRA employees. They often call Canadians to try to trick them into paying fake debts, and may even contact you by email, letter, or text message.
To protect yourself from scams, it’s important to know when and how the CRA might contact you. Here is some information on the CRA’s activities that are resuming and tips on how to recognize when the CRA is trying to contact you and your organization.
Starting in September, the following CRA programs will be resuming additional business activities, which may affect your charity or organization:
- Charity registration applications
- Charity revocations
- Outreach activities
- Audits
A reminder that the filing deadline has been extended to December 31, 2020 for all charities with a Form T3010, Registered Charity Information Return due between, March 18, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Charities are encouraged to file early to avoid any delays.
