Burns Lake mayor and council issued a statement last week saying the municipality’s actions have not always been “consistent with federal tax law.”
Council recently received supplementary information on matters relating to its current practice of handling the funds of nonprofit organizations.
According to council, the information received clearly indicates that concerns recently expressed by council were “well founded.” These concerns included the administration of grant funding on behalf of other organizations for the purposes of obtaining GST rebates for those organizations, and the provision of tax receipts for donations made through the village to other groups lacking registered charity status.
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