Re: [libreoffice-website] US Tax Deductible Status

On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 10:05 +0100, Florian Effenberger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Stephen Leibowitz wrote on 2012-01-17 12:48:
> > 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.
>
> IMHO, it depends on the local law. For FrODeV (i.e. the PayPal recipient 
> and the German bank account owner), we are charitable, but a payment 
> confirmation only helps reducing taxes in Germany. I guess for the US 
> it's similar: SPI is IMHO charitable, but it only helps those paying 
> their taxes in the US.

Well yes - and FrODec only helps those in Germany so what is your point=

> Florian
>
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