JARIYAHCRA compliance for your registered charity
Jariyah CRA compliance helps a registered charity stay ready for its obligations to the Canada Revenue Agency: official donation receipts, payroll remittances, books and records kept properly, and the figures its annual T3010 return draws on. It is not legal or tax advice, and it does not replace your accountant.
CRA compliance
What it covers
Official donation receipts
Already issued by Jariyah’s donor management for registered charities: frozen when issued, numbered once, one gift on one receipt.
Payroll remittances
Already worked out by Jariyah’s HR & payroll: what is owed for each period and when it is due, for your remitter type.
Books a reviewer can follow
Double-entry books that balance, reconcile to the bank, and are corrected only by reversals that leave a trail.
The T3010
The annual information return every registered charity files within six months of its year end, and the figures it draws on.
Records and how long to keep them
The books, records and documents the CRA expects a charity to keep, and for how long.
A readiness grade for your books
When your prior books come into Jariyah, they are graded A to E against a written standard drawn from Canadian charity rules — readiness, never an audit opinion.
How it works
How it works for a masjid
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Start from your books
Your donors, receipts, payroll and books, kept in Jariyah the way a reviewer expects.
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We set it up
With your fiscal year end, your charity number and your payroll account, like every Jariyah service.
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Work with your accountant
Your accountant reviews and files. A proposed adjusting entry is never posted without your treasurer or accountant approving it.
People
Who uses it
The board
Stays responsible for the charity’s filings and receipts.
The treasurer
Keeps the receipts, remittances and books that the filings rest on.
Your accountant
Reviews, advises and files — Jariyah does not replace them.
One platform
How it connects to the other services
Questions
CRA compliance: common questions
What is the T3010?
The T3010 is the annual information return every registered charity in Canada files with the Canada Revenue Agency, due within six months of the end of its fiscal year. Late or missing returns carry a penalty, and repeated failures can lead to the charity’s registration being revoked, so the date matters.
What must an official donation receipt include?
An official donation receipt, under the Income Tax Regulations, says it is an official receipt for income tax purposes and shows the charity’s name, address and registration number, a serial number, where and when it was issued, the gift’s date, the donor’s name and address, the amount, any advantage, the eligible amount, an approved signature and the CRA’s website.
How long must a charity keep its records?
Books, records and the documents behind them are kept for six years from the end of the last tax year they relate to, at an address in Canada on file with the CRA. Governing documents and board minutes are kept until two years after the charity is dissolved.
Is Jariyah CRA compliance legal or tax advice?
No. Jariyah CRA compliance helps your charity keep its records and figures ready, but it is not legal or tax advice, it does not replace your accountant, and it cannot promise any outcome with the CRA. Your directors remain responsible for the charity’s filings and receipts, as the law says they are.
What is the books readiness grade?
The books readiness grade is a grade from A to E showing how far a charity’s books are from standing up to an accountant’s review, scored against a written standard drawn from the Income Tax Act, its Regulations, CRA guidance and Canadian not-for-profit accounting standards. It is never an audit opinion.
Talk to us
Ask about CRA compliance
Call or text to talk through what your masjid needs from CRA compliance, and how the Jariyah team would set it up.