Get your DGR status sorted before tax time. Image Shutterstock.
In December 2021 a change was made to Australian tax law that stipulated that all non-government, not-for-profit organisations will now need to be registered as a charity with the ACNC (Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission) to be endorsed as a DGR (Deductible Gift Recipient).
Sounds like a simple paper shuffle, right? Yes, and no.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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