Re: Some press releases needing research writing
Heya. On Fr, 2015-05-15 at 21:27 +0200, Bastien Nocera wrote: the deal looks overly expensive I think the deal is exceptionally good. And it's a very big deal for us to accept money within the EU. And now we can do it quite cheaply, even with the benefit of the donations being tax deductible. If we communicate that cleverly, I believe that we'll have many people starting to donate or switching from Paypal to regular bank transfer. Cheers, Tobi ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Re: Some press releases needing research writing
On Fri, 2015-05-15 at 00:07 -0400, Jeff Fortin Tam wrote: Hey folks, There are a few things that the foundation board has been up to in recent months that will be worth taking the time to write about. Namely: - We have signed an agreement with WHS (Wau Holland Foundation) to have them handle funds (receiving and spending) in Europe on our behalf. That means, among other things, that we finally have a European entity to receive donations for us! We should come up with a nice joint announcement with them, as well as properly document this on respective donation pages etc. The agreement is at: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Resources/WHSAgreement The most important part of this is: Donations received by WHS for GF from donors of the European Community have the benefits of being tax deductible. Can you explain how this will work concretely? Cheers ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Re: Some press releases needing research writing
On 15 May 2015 8:27 pm, Bastien Nocera had...@hadess.net wrote: On Fri, 2015-05-15 at 18:49 +0200, Tobias Mueller wrote: Heya. On Fr, 2015-05-15 at 14:53 +0200, Bastien Nocera wrote: Can you explain how this will work concretely? With German taxes you can fill a field with how much money you've given to registered charities. Amounts below a certain threshold (maybe 150EUR?) don't need an invoice. Amounts above do require such a statement from the charity. Do we have written confirmation that WHS will do that? I barely know how it works with German taxes, let alone with other European taxes. The WHS may have more information. Or your local tax consultant. It's tax season in France, and my paperwork only mentions Charities based in France. Which is why I'm asking that. If the WHS' status doesn't help EU tax payers deduct it a portion of the donation from their taxes, the deal looks overly expensive (I don't think that currency exchange has a 5% fee, does it?). In US, banks charge a per transaction fee for receiving money from abroad. This means that small donations from the EU could cost the foundation more than the donation. The deal with WHS will allow us to accept smaller donations from Europeans who do not want to use Paypal or Bitcoin. -- https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/board-list From time to time confidential and sensitive information will be discussed on this mailing list. Please take care to mark confidential information as confidential, and do not redistribute this information without permission. ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Re: Some press releases needing research writing
Heya. On Fr, 2015-05-15 at 14:53 +0200, Bastien Nocera wrote: Can you explain how this will work concretely? With German taxes you can fill a field with how much money you've given to registered charities. Amounts below a certain threshold (maybe 150EUR?) don't need an invoice. Amounts above do require such a statement from the charity. I barely know how it works with German taxes, let alone with other European taxes. The WHS may have more information. Or your local tax consultant. Cheers, Tobi ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Re: Some press releases needing research writing
On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Bastien Nocera had...@hadess.net wrote: It's tax season in France, and my paperwork only mentions Charities based in France. Which is why I'm asking that. Have you actually RTFM? :-) The notice for form 2042 (income tax, which I assume is the one you're filling in) has a paragraph about European entities on page 19. http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/deploiement/p1/fichedescriptiveformulaire_9709/fichedescriptiveformulaire_9709.pdf http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F426.xhtml confirms it. The WHS website also has an explanation about that on http://www.wauland.de/en/donation.html stating that it fits the requirements. So you can deduct 66% of your donation, up to 20% of your taxable income. The appropriate location is 7VC. If the WHS' status doesn't help EU tax payers deduct it a portion of the donation from their taxes, the deal looks overly expensive (I don't think that currency exchange has a 5% fee, does it?). Also take into account that we'd be transferring money both ways when we want to pay something in Europe (travel reimbursements for instance). -- Alexandre Franke ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Re: Some press releases needing research writing
On Fri, 2015-05-15 at 18:49 +0200, Tobias Mueller wrote: Heya. On Fr, 2015-05-15 at 14:53 +0200, Bastien Nocera wrote: Can you explain how this will work concretely? With German taxes you can fill a field with how much money you've given to registered charities. Amounts below a certain threshold (maybe 150EUR?) don't need an invoice. Amounts above do require such a statement from the charity. Do we have written confirmation that WHS will do that? I barely know how it works with German taxes, let alone with other European taxes. The WHS may have more information. Or your local tax consultant. It's tax season in France, and my paperwork only mentions Charities based in France. Which is why I'm asking that. If the WHS' status doesn't help EU tax payers deduct it a portion of the donation from their taxes, the deal looks overly expensive (I don't think that currency exchange has a 5% fee, does it?). ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Some press releases needing research writing
Hey folks, There are a few things that the foundation board has been up to in recent months that will be worth taking the time to write about. Namely: - We have signed an agreement with WHS (Wau Holland Foundation) to have them handle funds (receiving and spending) in Europe on our behalf. That means, among other things, that we finally have a European entity to receive donations for us! We should come up with a nice joint announcement with them, as well as properly document this on respective donation pages etc. The agreement is at: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Resources/WHSAgreement - The cash-flow problem that we encountered last year has been resolved, with all invoices collected etc. Furthermore, OPW has been transferred to the Software Freedom Conservancy under the new name Outreachy. SFC and/or Outreachy might be working on a press release regarding this, I'm not 100% sure; again we should coordinate on that. Would the Engagement team like to work on those items? I think the board would be more than happy to delegate that task! Cheers, Jeff ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
