Following public consultation in 2011 and earlier this year, the Federal Government passed the Charities Act 2013 (Act) and related legislation on 27 June 2013. The key purpose of the Act is to set ...

The Australian charity regulator says it will continue its national harmonisation efforts in the Not for Profit sector despite the ACT Government’s move to introduce its own definition of charity.

Three years ago, the federal government committed itself to modernising the definitions of charity used in tax law, which are based on British laws that are 500 years old. To that end, the government ...

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It is being argued the changes to defining charities is contrary to the recommendations of the Charities Definition Inquiry. Peter McDonald thought the Taxpayers Association of NSW was a charity but ...