Receipting - The Basics

This section of Frequently Asked Questions covers The Basics about issuing proper tax donation receipts such as: what are official donation receipts and who can issue them? / what information should be included on an official donation receipt / and how to handle receipting mistakes.  There are twenty questions divided into three sections:

1. General Information about Receipts
   
   
2. Format and Required Information
   
   
3. Improper Receipting

Remember: You can move around the FAQs by choosing from the six (6) main question areas listed in the left hand menu under FAQs or select from the drop down menu at the bottom of each page, or you can use the Search box found in the top right corner of every page.

• General Information about Receipts|Renseignements généraux sur les reçus
• Format & Required Information|Format et informations nécessaires
• Improper receipting|Incorrections relatives aux reçus

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