Re: [libreoffice-website] US Tax Deductible Status

On 01/17/2012 06:48 AM, Stephen Leibowitz wrote:
> The LibreOffice and Document Foundation websites each have a donation
> page. I think they should mention if money contributions from US
> sources qualify as tax deductions. This would be most useful in the
> English language version of the websites.
>
> I am guessing that the following methods would not currently qualify:
>     PayPal donations to donations@documentfoundation.org
>     Donations sent to Freies Office Deutschland e.V. and marked “The
> Document Foundation”

PayPal donations may be used somehow, since I have heard of people using 
PayPal for their online payments.  It is the other end that needs to be 
properly listed in the PayPal receipt documentation so it shows it is 
going as a donation and not just to buy something.  You just have to get 
it to read and show properly for the tax people to know that it was a 
deductible donation.

As for the below list, it has the "charitable" name in that list.  Is 
TDF a charity or a "foundation" that you can use for tax deductions for 
your donations?  That is a big difference.


> Another method is contributions to Software in the Public Interest
> (SPI) that are marked for use by The Document Foundation. This seems
> more likely to qualify, but should be confirmed. The LibreOffice
> website lists SPI as a channel for contributions. The Document
> Foundation website does not list SPI, and it should be added there.
>
> Here is the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) search page for
> organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable
> contributions:
> http://www.irs.gov/app/pub-78/


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