Summary Policy

Date
October 25, 2002 (Revised September 13, 2005)

Reference Number
CSP - R03

Key Words
Registration (application) - Registered charity

An organization that wishes to become registered as a charity under the Income Tax Act must apply for registration on prescribed form T2050, Application to Register a Charity under the Income Tax Act.

Under the Act, the CRA can provide to anyone that requests it, any information provided in prescribed form by the charity on applying for registration.

• Confidentiality, CSP-C12.
• Applications for Registration Directed at Youth, CPS-015.
• Effective Date of Registration, CPS-017.
• Member Organizations Outside Canada, CPC-003.
• Disbursement of Funds to a Qualified Donee, CPC-014.
• Registration - Registered Charity, CIL-1994-012, CIL-1995-006, CIL-2001-004, CIL-2002-005, CIL-2002-015.
• Registering a Charity for Income Tax Purposes, CES-001.
• Applications for registration - Promotion of culture or advancement of education, CES-003.
• Town Youth - Workshop: Meet the Bureaucrats, CES-010.
• Registering a Charity for Income Tax Purposes, T4063.
• Application to Register a Charity Under the Income Tax Act, T2050.
• Child Search v. Canada (Minister of National Revenue), 1999-10-06 (http://www.fca-caf.gc.ca/index_e.shtml).
• Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985 (5^th supp.) c. 1, para. 241(3.2)(b) and ss. 248(1).