Charity and Not-For-Profit
Tax
Our knowledge is expert.
- Deductible Gift Recipient status (“DGR”)
- Tax exemptions for charities
- Tax exemptions for industry and professional associations
- Tax exemptions for community groups
- Minister of religion fringe benefits
- Payroll tax, duty, rates exemptions
- Compliance with “in Australia” requirements
ACNC
Charity lawyers for a charity regulator.
- ACNC charity registration
- Charities engaging in political advocacy
- Advice on member benefits
- Governance Standards compliance
- External conduct standards compliance
- Public benevolent institution status
- Related party transactions
Disputes
Protecting resources, reputations and relationships.
- Access to minutes and records disputes
- Disputes about Board/Committee member removal and appointment
- Regulator investigations
- Disputes over property ownership
- Breach of duties by office holders, directors, committee members including misuse of position or information and conflicts of interest
- Convening and holding general meetings (members’ meetings)
- Membership disputes
Charity documents
What’s on paper should work in practice.
- Constitution for Not-for-profit, charity company limited by guarantee
- Constitution or Rules for incorporated associations
- Industry association and professional association constitutions
- Charity trust deeds
- Conflict of interest and conflict of duty policies
- Child safe policies and procedures
- Governance and external conduct standard compliance policies
Mergers & Amalgamations
Help move to people and property for a better future.
- Moving from a federated structure to a national structure
- Winding-up, dissolving an organisation
- Structuring advice
- Mergers and acquisitions of two charitable organisations
- Stakeholder management and strategy
- Protection of intellectual property and brand
- Member and stakeholder meetings
Governance
Getting things right so you sleep better at night.
- Duties of office holders, directors, committee members
- Professional and industry associations
- Related party transactions
- Governance reviews
- Regulator compliance
- Creative solutions to stakeholder challenges
- Structuring advice
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