What in the world/

Monday, October 16th, 2006
All in the name of charity - We have races and activities that are in support of charities. There is running, walking, skating, cycling, motorcycle rallies, swimming, climbing, and endurance events where registrants pay a fee and seek support for the charity from friends.l LA Times is reporting this morning that Lake County Sheriff Chris Daniels Sr. died about 9 p.m. Saturday at the Battle of the Badges, an annual charity race for Florida Sheriff’s Youth Ranches at the New Smyrna Speedway.The sheriff was apparently involved in a charity school bus race and “Witnesses said Daniels’ bus spun out of control after colliding with another bus on the 12th lap of the 15-lap race. It was unclear exactly how he died.”

Apparently not all charity auctions produce the same results.

The huge knickers as worn by Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger when she played ‘Bridget Jones’ have failed to sell at auction. Enough said.

Charities act as the conscence of the community but apparentlt not in New Zealand (or at least not as openly as before).

From February, the Charities Commission will have the power to deregister a charity – in effect denying it tax-exempt status – if it is deemed to be acting more for political advocacy than charitable purposes.

The rule changes have caused charities to fear they could be punished for adopting positions unpopular with the Government. This is not that different in Canada where Canada Revenue Agency has a lot of discretion in how it interprets the Income Tax Act and governments have be reticent to make changes to charity law that dates back 500 years.