Tax receipts
CRA-compliant donation receipts, without the spreadsheet anxiety
Receipting rules are where small charities get burned. EmfimbaFlow issues, numbers, and files official donation receipts the way the CRA expects — automatically.
What the CRA expects from an official receipt
Official donation receipts have to carry a unique serial number, identify the donor and the charity, and state the eligible amount of the gift — which means correctly deducting any advantage the donor received in return. Cancelled receipts have to stay accounted for, not disappear from the sequence. Getting this right by hand, year after year, is exactly the kind of quiet clerical work where a volunteer-run charity slips up.
EmfimbaFlow keeps the mechanics in order for you. (It keeps you organized — for your specific obligations, confirm with the CRA or your accountant. Only registered charities can issue official donation receipts.)
How EmfimbaFlow handles it
- One org-wide sequence of receipt numbers, displayed as year-number (e.g. #2026-1004)
- Cancelled receipts stay on file; replacements print the original number
- Advantage amount and description handled on split-receipt gifts
- Annual receipts that cover a donor's full year of giving
- Each receipt emailed to the donor in their preferred language
Receipts that send themselves
When an online donation completes through Stripe Checkout, the donor record, the donation entry, and the receipt email are created automatically — nothing to re-key and nothing to forget. Gifts recorded by hand (cash, cheques, e-transfers) get their receipts from the same numbered sequence. Online giving runs through your own Stripe account with no platform fee.
Frequently asked questions
Do we have to issue a receipt for every donation?
No. The CRA doesn't require registered charities to issue official receipts at all — it regulates the receipts you do issue. Many organizations set their own policy, such as a minimum amount or annual receipts only, and EmfimbaFlow supports either approach.
What if the donor received something in return, like a gala dinner?
That's an advantage. You record the advantage amount and description on the gift, and the receipt shows the eligible amount — the donation minus the advantage — the way the CRA's split-receipting rules expect.
Can we issue one receipt covering the whole year?
Yes. Annual receipts cover a donor's full year of giving on a single official receipt, which is how many churches and charities prefer to receipt weekly givings.
What happens when a receipt has a mistake in it?
You cancel it and issue a replacement. The cancelled receipt stays on file, and the replacement prints the original receipt's number — so your sequence stays intact and your paper trail satisfies an auditor.
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