Legal regulation and registration of charities: a comparative study

The present article is dedicated to a comparative study of main practical and theoretical problems of charities legal regulation (including its definition, taxation, tax exempts, charity status recognition, etc.). The study is based mainly on legislation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Russian Federation, United States of America, People’s Republic of China, Ethiopia, Turkmenistan, but also certain legal acts of Australia, Kuwait, Poland, Finland, Egypt, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, India, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Canada, Hungary, Romania, Jordan, etc. in some aspects are addressed.

Keywords

charity, charitable activity, charitable organization, legislation on charities in various countries, taxation and charities, tax exempts, not-for-profit organization, non-governmental organization, charities registration, charities funding, regulation of charities

Received

04.02.2020

Publication date

31.03.2020

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62102

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GOST	Avtonomov A. Legal regulation and registration of charities: a comparative study // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2020. – Issue 3 C. 82-92 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S013207690008686-6-1 (circulation date: 19.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013207690008686-6
MLA	Avtonomov, Alexey S "Legal regulation and registration of charities: a comparative study." Gosudarstvo i pravo 3 (2020):82-92. DOI: 10.31857/S013207690008686-6
APA	Avtonomov A. (2020). Legal regulation and registration of charities: a comparative study. Gosudarstvo i pravo (3), pp.82-92 DOI: 10.31857/S013207690008686-6

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