Raising money for your community organisation: tips for complying with fundraising and tax law

Is your organisation properly registered to conduct fundraising? Do you understand the difference between gifts and sponsorship? Do you understand when GST is payable on your fundraising? Do you know what is tax deductible? Are you generating income from a business venture? Do you owe taxes on such income?

Attend this seminar to better understand gifts, grants, sponsorship, sale of items, incentives for donations, conducting a business and how to protect your organisation's tax-exempt status and to ensure that your organisation is operating within the legal guidelines for not-for-profit fundraising and revenue generating activities.

The seminar will be presented by:

Alice McDougall and Anna Lyons, Lawyers (Freehills)

Alice and Anna specialise in Charity Law, advising on structuring and income tax exemption, tax deductibility, FBT and GST for charities.

The Charity Law section also assists with fundraising requirements, sponsorship and corporate sustainability, business activities and board and directors advice specific to not for profits.

The details of the seminar are as follows:

Date
Thursday 4 June 2009

Time
9.30am - 12.30pm

Venue
Freehills
Level 43
101 Collins Street Melbourne

Administration fee
$30 (inc. GST) per person or your organisation can purchase 8 places in any of the seminars in 2009 for $200 (inc. GST). 

Light refreshments will be provided for morning tea.