The government will provide $53.8 million over four years to establish an independent "one-stop shop" to regulate the not-for-profit sector, News Ltd and Fairfax report.
The Australian charities and not-for-profits commission will start on July 1 next year.
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The current system of regulation is estimated to cost Australia's 600,000 not-for-profit and community organisations more than $500 million annually, News Ltd said.
But Tuesday's budget will also tighten tax concessions for charities that run businesses unrelated to their charitable work.
It will mean that from July 1, they will have to pay income tax on the profits they retain in any newly created businesses that do not go back into their charity work.
The move won't affect op shops or small-scale fundraisers such as lamington drives.
