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This guide will help you to complete Form T2050, Application to Register a Charity Under the Income Tax Act. To find Form T2050, and our other forms and publications, go to canada.ca/cra-forms, select Find a form, and see T2050 Application to Register a Charity Under the Income Tax Act.

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This guide will help you to complete Form T2050, Application to Register a Charity Under the Income Tax Act. To find Form T2050, and our other forms and publications, go to canada.ca/cra-forms, select Find a form, and see T2050 Application to Register a Charity Under the Income Tax Act.

Charity FAQs For the vast majority of Charity applications, where the CRA (Charities Directorate) has follow up questions, the stated turn-around time is 6 months, though in reality it is closer to 7-8 months.

Written acknowledgement from the charity is required and must be obtained from the charity on or before the earlier of the date when the tax return is filed or the due date of the tax return (including extensions). The written acknowledgement must contain: Charity name. Amount of cash contribution.

To be registered as a charity, an organization must have purposes that are exclusively charitable and conduct activities that further those purposes. An organization's purposes are found in its governing documents, and outline its goals and objectives. Activities are the ways the organization furthers its purposes.