{"id":37360,"date":"2025-08-28T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/?p=37360"},"modified":"2025-08-27T18:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:05:34","slug":"t3010-filing-goes-digital-what-registered-charities-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/insights\/social-impact\/t3010-filing-goes-digital-what-registered-charities-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"T3010 filing goes digital: What registered charities need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has announced that registered charities can now complete and file their T3010 Registered Charity Information Returns online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By law, registered charities must file a completed annual T3010 return<\/a> no later than six months after the end of their fiscal periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Failing to file the information return in any given year can result in the CRA revoking a charity\u2019s registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With postal service disruptions becoming increasingly common, filing a T3010 return online can help charities avoid mail delivery delays and meet their T3010 filing deadlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to file online<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Registered charities wishing to file online must have a MyBusiness Account (MyBA)<\/a> linked to their registered charity. Charities without a MyBA can register for an account<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the MyBA, registered charities can update their information and upload supporting documents. Registered charities can also opt to receive business correspondence from the CRA online through MyBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the CRA\u2019s recent announcement, registered charities or their authorized representatives can now file a completed T3010 return using MyBA or Represent a Client (RAC), respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Completing the T3010 return online<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To help facilitate online filing, the CRA allows charities or their authorized representatives to fill out their T3010 directly in the online portal in MyBA or RAC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interactive online form automatically populates the correct version of the T3010 return and all other required forms for the charity, which helps to ensure that charities fulfill their reporting obligations accurately and completely. Once it completes all the fields in the online portal, the charity or authorized representative can file the T3010 return by simply clicking \u201csubmit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatively, charities or their authorized representatives can use CRA-certified software<\/a> to complete their returns (note: users must purchase the software before gaining access to the software-generated forms) and then file the completed returns online by uploading them to MyBA or RAC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advantages of online filing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once filed online, a charity\u2019s T3010 return is processed instantly. This makes filing online faster, more efficient, and less expensive than filing by mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, once the T3010 is filed online, the public portions of a charity\u2019s T3010 return will be available online on the CRA\u2019s list of charities<\/a> the next day. This near-instantaneous upload of information helps to promote a more responsive, more transparent, and ultimately more accountable charitable sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filing online also ensures that the T3010 is securely submitted. Gone are the days when a charity\u2019s return would get lost in the mail, resulting in inadvertent non-compliance by the charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For more information on how to complete the T3010 return online, we invite readers to consult the following CRA resources (in addition to the links scattered throughout this article):<\/p>\n\n\n\n