To all branches, RSOs, branch report editors, and NBOD members
Reminder:
Please be advised that FSNA does not and has never issued dues tax receipts. We do issue a statement of dues for the past year and this statement shows the amount of dues that we collected for all DDS paid members in the year in question. It is therefore the members choice as to what they do with such statement. Some members submit their statement of dues to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and their statements are honoured but many submit them and they are rejected by CRA. This problem is an internal one at CRA and one that we have no control over.
We are aware that
according to the CRA regulations, our membership dues are not acceptable as an income tax deduction - one of the key reasons is that we are not a charity nor a professional organization (where members need to maintain a designation for employment purposes). This is not a new policy, it has always been the case.This above message is what should be communicated to members. If members want to submit their statement of dues for income tax purposes they should be made aware that such can be and most likely will be rejected. If CRA lets it slip through as a deduction (worth about $5), then it is CRA's error.
