48. Where reporting is required, reporting requirements shall be simple and shall not be overly
burdensome.36
1. Reporting requirements shall be entirely laid out in a single piece of legislation, and
reports shall only be required to a single state body.37
2. Any reporting requirements shall not require extensive details, but shall rather be aimed
at ensuring financial propriety.38
3. The rights to confidentiality and privacy of associations, their members and those on
whose behalf they work shall be respected throughout the reporting process.
4. Reporting requirements shall be proportionate to the size and scope of the organization
and shall be facilitated to the extent possible, inter alia, through the provision of
templates, information technology tools, and other measures.
5. Reporting requirements shall not be used as a way to limit or target associations,
including, inter alia, by utilizing the information therein to publicly condemn
associations or by attempting to sanction or punish associations merely for altering their
activities in relationship to the objectives they originally set out.
49. In no circumstances shall an audit of a not-for-profit association be more burdensome than an
audit of a for-profit association of comparable means, nor shall an audit be conducted to
harass an association. Neither reporting nor auditing requirements shall be so burdensome as
to significantly diminish the substantive activities of a not-for-profit association.
36 In no circumstances shall not-for-profit associations be subjected to greater reporting requirements
than for-profit entities.
Yearly reporting is generally adequate.
37 Such a body shall be responsible for distributing the information to other concerned authorities, as
appropriate.
38 Including, for instance, through requiring basic description of association projects and activities as
necessary to account for the use of funds.