Balancing Act

Balancing Act

Legal and tax affairs for the non-profit industry.

• Balancing Act - issue 16, April 2010
• Balancing Act - issue 15, December 2009
• Balancing Act - issue 14, September 2009
• Balancing Act - issue 13 - June 2009
• Balancing Act - issue 12 - March 2009
• Balancing Act - issue 11 - December 2008
• Balancing Act - issue 10 - September 2008
• Balancing Act - issue 9 - June 2008
• Balancing Act - issue 8 - March 2008
• Balancing Act - issue 7 - December 2007
• Balancing Act - issue 6 - September 2007
• Balancing Act - issue 5 - June 2007
• Balancing Act - issue 4 - March 2007
• Balancing Act - issue 3 - December 2006
• Balancing Act - issue 2 - September 2006
• Balancing Act - issue 1 - May 2006

Church Matters

Church Matters

Legal and tax affairs for church administrators in the Catholic Church.

• Church Matters - issue 8 - January 2010
• Church Matters - issue 7 - October 2009
• Church Matters - issue 6 - July 2009
• Church Matters - issue 5 - April 2009
• Church Matters - issue 4 - January 2009
• Church Matters - issue 3 - October 2008
• Church Matters - issue 2 - July 2008
• Church Matters - issue 1 - April 2008

Administry

Administry

Legal and tax affairs for church administrators in the Christian Church.

• Administry - Issue 6 - March 2010
• Administry - Issue 5 - November 2009
• Administry - issue 4 - August 2009
• Administry - issue 3 - May 2009
• Administry - issue 2 - February 2009
• Administry - issue 1 - November 2008

M&d'A Bulletins

Bulletins

• New Legislation for Partial Rate Exemptions - 29 June 2010
• Productivity Commission Research Report - 10 March 2010
• Productivity Commission Draft Research Report - 3 November 2009
• Growth in giving - 9 April 2009
• "Word" decision handed down - 4 December 2008
• Prescribed Private Funds: Statistics - 21 November 2008
• Charities as "political activists" - 7 July 2008
• Gifts of shares to DGRs - 10 October 2007
• Six new deductible gift recipient categories - 25 July 2006
• 5 tips for establishing PPFs

ATO

Non-profit News Service

The ATO's Non-profit News Service keeps you up-to-date on key tax issues affecting the non-profit sector, new publications the ATO releases and changes to tax law.

• Non-Profit News Service

ATO publications

• Fringe benefits tax for non-profit organisations
• Fundraising
• GiftPack
• GST on Grants (Resolved Issues Document Part 5)
• Guidelines for Prescribed Private Funds
• Income tax guide for non-profit organisations
• Tax basics for non-profit organisations
• Volunteers

Other Journals

Articles

• "Estates that belong to no one", Advancing Fundraising magazine, May / June 2010
• "Private Funds PPFs - The New Rules" Fundraising Success, October 2009
• "Empowering charities to maximise their bequests", Not-For-Profit Management e-magazine, October 2009
• "The urge to merge", Third Sector magazine, October 2009
• "Where there's a will there's no problems", Madonna magazine, June 2009
• "Making a bequest", Madonna magazine, June 2009
• "Not-for-profit compliance: The ATO requirements", Fundraising Success, June 2009
• Productivity Commission Issues Paper: "Contribution of the Not for Profit Sector", April 2009
• "Clearly defining the roles of board and CEO", Third Sector magazine, April 2009
• "A Word to the wise", Keeping Good Companies, April 2009
• "Changes to the regulatory landscape", Fundraising Success, March 2009
• "Incorporated associations and insolvency", Fundraising & Philanthropy, February-April 2009
• Disclosure regimes for charities and not-for-profit organisations by the Senate Standing Committee on Economics, 4 December 2008
• Government response to Senate report (June 2009)
• UK Charity Commission - an overview
• "Checklist for committee members and directors of non-profit organisations", Fundraising & Philanthropy, November 2008
• "Incorporated Associations and Insolvency", November 2008
• "Are charities entitled to receive a copy of the Will?", Fundraising Success, October 2008
• "Bequest Battleground", Fundraising & Philanthropy, August 2008
• "Get that bequest!", Fundraising & Philanthropy, May-July 2008
• "Bequests", Advancing Fundraising, January 2008
• "Not-for-profit - don't pay someone else's tax", Keeping Good Companies, August 2007

Checklists

• Rules/Constitution Checklist

Reports

• Productivity Commission Research Report - Contribution of the Not-for-Profit Sector (released 11 February 2010)