On 4/15/08, steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just send me a personal reminder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > And be persistent, nag me.
Today I checked with the Norwegian tax office (Skatteetaten), and they told me that when it is for a privat hobby project, and not an registered company (in the VAT register), we could not order the phone as an research item. I could check this in more detail, because the Norweigan research center can decide that this qualifies as a research project. The rules around this is rather complex and there is no easy answer. So, now the situation is that the Norwegian customs say it is OK and the Norwegian tax office (which have the authority to make exceptions from current laws) say NO. However, it can be tax-deductible, but that would not help for privat persons (må overstige minimumsfradraget på 63000 NOK for at det skal være lønnsomt). My conclusion is that it is a lot of work, if even possible at all, to get the devices without VAT and I think we can drop the idea of "research items". Now, we have also a law for prototype boards. If someone wants to check how this really works, I would be interested in knowing the result. But my assumption is that it will not help. There are many laws which only apply in special cases. -- Please don't send me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Join the FSF as an Associate Member at: <URL:http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=5774> _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community