End-of-Year Tax Receipts as per Canada Revenue Agency requirements
Donations received by mail
Donations must be postmarked by Canada Post as of December 31, 2018. A postmark date after December 31st requires us to issue a charitable tax receipt for the following year.
Donations made by telephone/fax
Any donation made over the telephone or by fax using a credit card after 11:59 PM on December 31st Eastern Standard Time (EST) will be considered a donation for the following year.
Donations that have been couriered or hand delivered
Donations must be sent with a courier date or hand delivered date and be received in the Parkinson Canada office in 2018 per the office operations schedule below. Any donations received after these operating dates and times will be issued a tax receipt for the following year.
Online donations
Online donations are receipted at the time the donation is made. Therefore, any donation made after 11:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 31st will be considered a donation for the following year.
Holiday Hours of Operation
All Parkinson Canada offices will be open up to the close of business on Friday, December 21, 2018, and are available to receive gifts at this time; after this point the following schedule applies:
- Monday, December 24
- The Parkinson Canada Toronto office is open from 9 am to noon
- Tuesday, December 25
- Parkinson Canada offices are closed;
- online donation and receipting system available;
- Wednesday, December 26
- Parkinson Canada offices are closed;
- online donation and receipting system available;
- Thursday, December 27
- The Parkinson Canada Toronto office is open from 9 am to 5 pm
- Friday, December 28
- The Parkinson Canada Toronto office is open from 9 am to 5 pm
- Saturday, December 29
- Parkinson Canada offices are closed
- Sunday, December 30
- Parkinson Canada offices are closed
- Monday, December 31
- The Parkinson Canada Toronto office is open from 9 am to 3 pm
- Tuesday, January 1, 2019
- Parkinson Canada offices are closed
- Wednesday, January 2, 2019
- Parkinson Canada offices reopen for the New Year
All donations received as of January 1, 2019, apply to the 2019 tax year.
Online donation and receipting is available at all times at parkinson.ca.