Charities Regulation' presented by Dr Carolyn Cordery on 13 Feb 2013
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2013
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Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
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Internationally, there has been a steady increase in the number of countries instigating charity regulation. Public interest theory suggests that regulation increases organisational transparency, protects (or encourages) a competitive market, and leads to a distribution of resources which is in the public interest. While these arguments may explain charity regulation, the cost of compliance can be an issue for small and medium-sized charities. Therefore regulators tend to take a light-handed approach to small and medium charities' information provision. This seminar discusses the impact of light-handed enforcement on small and medium charities' reporting, analysing the financial reporting practices of these charities registered with the New Zealand Charities Commission against the Charities Act requirements. I also discuss how the regulators activities might impact future reporting practices of charities.
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Charities, regulation, compliance, reporting framework