{"id":27891,"date":"2018-09-20T14:32:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T18:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=27891"},"modified":"2018-09-20T14:32:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T18:32:20","slug":"cras-it-modernization-launch-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2018\/09\/20\/cras-it-modernization-launch-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"CRA&#8217;s IT Modernization Launch Delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Authored by Philip Milley, Associate Director Legal Affairs<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Regular readers of the CCCC Bulletin will be aware that CRA will be requiring\u00a0charities to create and use an online\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/e-services\/e-services-businesses\/business-account.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/e-services\/e-services-businesses\/business-account.html&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1537554206852000&#038;usg=AFQjCNFPant6lw5CExDhg7iT1XK90OUW6w\">My Business Account<\/a>\u00a0to interact with CRA. The online portal will allow a charity to file its information return (T3010) and registration application (T2050), to correspond with CRA, and to access its previous correspondence with CRA.<\/p>\n<p>The intention behind\u00a0this modernization project, commonly referred to as CHAMP,\u00a0is to, in part, reduce the administrative burden on charities and allow for more streamlined interactions with the regulator. CRA had aimed to implement the project on November 1, 2018, with the expectation that all charities would register and use the portal by this date. However, CRA has recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/charities-giving\/charities\/guidance-videos-forms\/champ.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/charities-giving\/charities\/guidance-videos-forms\/champ.html&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1537554206852000&#038;usg=AFQjCNGfGIJpRJl8e8Ke_a0h4bGH1ma2dQ\">announced<\/a>\u00a0that the implementation of this project will be delayed until June 2019 to provide for adequate testing to occur.<\/p>\n<p>This delay provides charities with additional time to prepare for the implementation of this project. Authorized representatives should register for a My Business Account at the following link:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/e-services\/e-services-businesses\/business-account.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/e-services\/e-services-businesses\/business-account.html&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1537554206852000&#038;usg=AFQjCNFTX-VswBtjrNLq2s6BwsmC-WvNwA\">www.canada.ca\/en\/<wbr \/>revenue-agency\/services\/e-<wbr \/>services\/e-services-<wbr \/>businesses\/business-account.<wbr \/>html<\/a>. Charity leaders should ensure that the contact information associated with the\u00a0account is correct.<\/p>\n<p>We have been made aware that some charities have experienced difficulty registering for an account. It is important that charities know the identity of the authorized representatives\u00a0of the charity and ensure that those persons register the account on behalf of the charity. Any difficulty in registering or identifying the authorized representatives can be dealt with by contacting CRA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authored by Philip Milley, Associate Director Legal Affairs Regular readers of the CCCC Bulletin will be aware that CRA will be requiring\u00a0charities to create and use an online\u00a0My Business Account\u00a0to interact with CRA. The online portal will allow a charity to file its information return (T3010) and registration application (T2050),&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2018\/09\/20\/cras-it-modernization-launch-delayed\/\" class=\"linkbutton\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ts_fic_featured_image_caption":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-27891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27891"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=27891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}