--===============5789671418839877008== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-1627698416-501680054-1354021622=:2954" ---1627698416-501680054-1354021622=:2954 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Boud, > Maybe in some countries, the donation will actually be tax-deductible =0A= despite the lack of charitable status of the foundation in the =0ANetherlan= ds. In Italy, for our kind of Association (promoting open source GIS software),= all donations were not tax-deductible. In order to have this reduction, for our donors, we should have been suppos= ed to follow a very strict regularization.=20 Nevertheless, our own accountant always suggested us not to follow this rou= te because of all "complications"=A0 it entailed (plenty of paper to produc= e for me, as a treasurer, and our Secretary). To sum up, our=A0 donors were *true* believers in the GIS open source softw= are: since they did NOT get any tax reduction thanks to their donations :-) All in all, this was not a problem for them since these amounts were pretty= small (usually under 50 euros). P.s: as explained, the money collected for "bug-fixing" stuff required inst= ead an invoice from the developer (with VAT etc) Best regards, Silvio Grosso --- Mar 27/11/12, Boudewijn Rempt ha scritto: Da: Boudewijn Rempt Oggetto: Re: R: Friday is the day A: "Krita's developers and users mailing list" Data: Marted=EC 27 novembre 2012, 12:49 On Tuesday 27 November 2012 Nov, silvio grosso wrote: > Hi Boud, >=20 > Just a curiosity: let's suppose someone wants to "donate" some money for = bug-fixing stuff on Krita. >=20 > How does it work? >=20 > I am supposed to receive an invoice for this "donation" from the Foundati= on or it is not necessary since I am donating the money for a "charitable" = goal? Well, I can always send a receipt, just like you describe below. When the f= oundation is active, I'll create a bank account and a paypal and flattr acc= ount and make it easy to send money. Maybe in some countries, the donation = will actually be tax-deductible despite the lack of charitable status of th= e foundation in the Netherlands. >=20 > More precisely, I have been for 2 years the Treasurer of the Gfoss.it Ass= ociation (http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/). > This Italian Association is No-profit. > None of us: President, secretary, treasurer etc has never earned any mone= y from our work (we were all volunteers).=20 > Our President, for instance, is a *true* world-wide legend in the open so= urce GIS software (he has created SpatiaLite: http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-s= ins/) :-) Cool! >=20 > Whenever we received some donations from our associates we simply release= d a receipt (with NO true "legal" value) > In short, this document was NOT at all meant as an invoice and you could = NOT use it for reducing your taxes. > On the other hand, if someone wanted to donate some money *specifically* = for some open source GIS software (e.g. Qgis, PostGIS etc) we "simply" coll= ected the money. > Later on, it was up to the developer, as soon as he received from us this= money, to send an invoice (with VAT etc) to our donors. Yes, we could do that still, and the foundation could broker, exactly like = you describe. --=20 Boudewijn Rempt http://www.valdyas.org, http://www.krita.org, http://www.boudewijnrempt.nl _______________________________________________ kimageshop mailing list kimageshop@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kimageshop ---1627698416-501680054-1354021622=:2954 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi Boud,

> Maybe in some countries,= the donation will actually be tax-deductible =0Adespite the lack of charit= able status of the foundation in the =0ANetherlands.

In Italy, for o= ur kind of Association (promoting open source GIS software), all donations = were not tax-deductible.
In order to have this reduction, for our donors= , we should have been supposed to follow a very strict regularization.
= Nevertheless, our own accountant always suggested us not to follow this rou= te because of all "complications" it entailed (plenty of paper to pro= duce for me, as a treasurer, and our Secretary).

To sum up, our = ; donors were *true* believers in the GIS open source software: since they = did NOT get any tax reduction thanks to their donations :-)
All in all, = this was not a problem for them since these amounts were pretty small (usua= lly under 50 euros).

P.s: as explained, the money collected for "bug= -fixing" stuff required instead an invoice from the developer (with VAT etc= )

Best regards,

Silvio Grosso

--- Mar 27/11/12,= Boudewijn Rempt <boud@valdyas.org> ha scritto:

Data: Marted=EC 27 novembre 2012, 12:49

On Tuesday 27 November 2012 Nov, silvio grosso wrote:
>= ; Hi Boud,
>
> Just a curiosity: let's suppose someone wants t= o "donate" some money for bug-fixing stuff on Krita.
>
> How d= oes it work?
>
> I am supposed to receive an invoice for this = "donation" from the Foundation or it is not necessary since I am donating t= he money for a "charitable" goal?

Well, I can always send a rece= ipt, just like you describe below. When the foundation is active, I'll crea= te a bank account and a paypal and flattr account and make it easy to send money. Maybe in some countries, the donation will actually be tax-ded= uctible despite the lack of charitable status of the foundation in the Neth= erlands.

>
> More precisely, I have been for 2 years the T= reasurer of the Gfoss.it Association (http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/).
> This Italian= Association is No-profit.
> None of us: President, secretary, treasu= rer etc has never earned any money from our work (we were all volunteers). =
> Our President, for instance, is a *true* world-wide legend in the = open source GIS software (he has created SpatiaLite: http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/= ) :-)

Cool!

>
> Whenever we received some donat= ions from our associates we simply released a receipt (with NO true "legal"= value)
> In short, this document was NOT at all meant as an invoice and you could NOT use it for reducing your taxes.
> On the other han= d, if someone wanted to donate some money *specifically* for some open sour= ce GIS software (e.g. Qgis, PostGIS etc) we "simply" collected the money.> Later on, it was up to the developer, as soon as he received from us= this money, to send an invoice (with VAT etc) to our donors.

Yes, w= e could do that still, and the foundation could broker, exactly like you de= scribe.

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