Le Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:44:20 -0500, drew <d...@baseanswers.com> a écrit :
> > > > > > > > We finally came to the following decision. We will incorporate a > > > > Foundation in Germany (called "Stiftung" in German) in early > > > > 2011. A german foundation will provide us with many advantages > > > > of various kinds, among them, 100% tax-deductible donations. > > > > > > Hello Charles, et al. > > > > > > "100% tax-deductible donations." > > > > > > Just to be clear here, you mean that donations to this foundation > > > will be deductible by the individual making the donation? > > > > > > Donations, provided you are under the German tax law (you live in > > Germany or have a subsidiary in German) will be 100% tax deductible > > by you. That fiscal advantage might, depending on the ongoing legal > > works surrounding one common law for European Foundation, be > > extended to other european memberstates. > > Charles, > > Thanks, that is what I assumed and just wanted to be sure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In order to incorporate there we will however need some initial > > > > capital and resources (around fifty thousand (50,000) Euros). > > > > If we do not manage to collect this sum in a reasonable amount > > > > of time, we will switch to our second best option and > > > > incorporate a charity in the United Kingdom, which is much > > > > cheaper. > > > > > > Could you put some sort of time-frame to "reasonable"? > > > > > > [just your folks thoughts on what reasonable is here] > > > > I don't really know, but if we're stuck with 3 thousand bucks at the > > end of February it might be time to reconsider options. (that's > > just my own perception). > > Looking at the account statements Thomas has been publishing - > > What 2022 [with inflation that could slip to 2030, I suppose] isn't > going to be soon enough for you? :-) > > Still with the decision being to form in Germany and a price tag of > 50,000 Euros it seems that a bit more then two months would be in > order. Well what I'm saying is that it will depend where we're at in 2 months. > > When you folks came to the decision there must of been some idea of > where the monies would come from, yes? Is it assumed that most will > come from a small number of large donations then and two months being > sufficient time then to garner actual donations or pledges from these > few large sponsors? Yes, you get the idea. Although I would certainly not dismiss donations of 500, 1000, 2000 euros. They do make a real difference. best, Charles. > > Thanks again > > Drew > > > > -- Charles-H. Schulz Membre du Comité exécutif The Document Foundation. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
