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Once an application for registration is approved, notice of the approval as well as a registration number issued by the Chief Electoral Officer will be sent to the political party. The registered party must then comply with certain provisions of The Elections Finances Act:

notification

• Where there is any change in the particulars disclosed in the application for registration, the registered political party shall notify Elections Manitoba within 30 days of the change.
• The party must keep Elections Manitoba aprised of who the key members of the party are, in particular the chief financial officer and any deputies he or she has appointed to issue tax receipts.  

tax receipts

• Only the chief financial officer or a deputy may issue receipts.
• A record must be kept of all receipts which are printed and issued.
• The receipts must include complete contribution records. [See section 37.2(1) of the EFA]

financial reporting

Within three months after the end of every year political parties must file an annual audited statement setting out:

1. income, including contributions and transfers during the year,
2. expenses, including transfers during the year, and
3. the assets and liabilities of the registered political party

Within three months after the end of every year, in conjunction with the annual audited statement, political parties must file a return for contributions. The return includes the name, address and amount contributed for each person or organization who or which contributed, in aggregate, $250 or more in the year and the total of all such contributions.

The return also includes the aggregate value of contributions of $25 or more but less than $250; and the aggregate value of contributions under $25. Where the aggregate value of transfers to the registered political party from any constituency association of the registered political party during the year was $250 or more, the return must set out the name and address of any contributor whose contribution to the constituency association was $250 or more in a year together with the aggregate amount of the contribution.

Where there is an election, political parties must file an audited statement within four months after election day setting out:

1. the income, including contributions and transfers, of the registered political party during the campaign period of the election.
2. the election expenses, including advertising expenses, of the registered political party; and
3. the transfers made by the registered political party during the campaign period of the election to any candidate endorsed by the registered political party in the election or to any constituency association of the registered political party in any electoral division in which the election is being contested.

Information

1. Within 30 days of a request by Elections Manitoba, the chief financial officer of a registered political party must provide a list showing the name and address of the person responsible for the finances of each constituency association of the registered political party. Any changes in the particulars in the list must be reported in writing to Elections Manitoba within five days of the change.
2. Form 904 – Notice of Nomination must be filed immediately after the nomination of candidate by any constituency association. The form requires the name of the candidate, the constituency association, the date of nomination and the political party's chief financial officer's signature.
3. It is also the responsibility of the chief financial officer to provide information requested by the Chief Electoral Officer to clarify or verify the information contained in any statement or return within 30 days after receiving the written request or within such extended period of time as approved by the Chief Electoral Officer.

Record Keeping

• The chief financial officer for a party should retain all records upon which a statement or return is based for at least five years from the date of filing the statement of return, or for any additional period the CEO considers necessary.
• The chief financial officer must also maintain a bank account in the name of the political party solely for the political party.