# Irish Charities Act consultation deadline is 20th March

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/03/17/irish-charities-act-consultation-deadline-20th-march/
- Published: 2013-03-17T19:36:11+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Irish Charity Tax Reform Group is reminding people that the deadline for consultation
on the Charities Act is 20th March.

 

 

As part of the consultation the Department of Justice & Equality held a meeting 
at its offices in Dublin on 15 March which was addressed by the current Chief Executive
of the Charity Commission in Northern Ireland.

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The Department is accepting consultation online via its website. The online consultation
is in the form of answering questions in three key areas:

 

 *  Charities Regulatory Authority
     
 *  Register of Charities
     
 *  Financial and Activity Reporting by Registered Charities to the Charities Regulatory
   Authority

 

 

The setting up of a Charities Regulatory Authority has been proposed due to budgetary
constraints while the establishment of a register of charities has raised issues
about how it is likely to be used, what additional information might be included
and the fee structure for charities. 

 

 

The consultation on financial and activity reporting by registered charities to 
the Charities Regulatory Authority is seeking views on the proposed thresholds for
different levels of reporting and independent scrutiny and also on what additional
financial information should be required from charities.

 

 

www.justice.ie

 

 

 

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