Re: Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-04-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Andreas Barth [2014-04-27 01:09 +0200]: > (For this reason, after some more thinking I wouldn't recommend to > name it "Debconf15 e.V", but rather "Debconf Deutschland e.V.".) Yes, this was my intention: design it as a throw-away, but without stating so. And of course this leaves open

Re: Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-04-26 Thread Andreas Barth
* Andreas Barth (a...@ayous.org) [140427 01:10]: > * Richard Hartmann (richih.mailingl...@gmail.com) [140427 00:40]: > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > Debconf has a different tax situation than a normal TO setup > > > (especially given the amount of money might brin

Re: Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-04-26 Thread Andreas Barth
* Richard Hartmann (richih.mailingl...@gmail.com) [140427 00:40]: > On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > I'm running some throw-away non-profit organisations, and have not > > experienced problems. > > Have the tax authorities been made aware of this in advance? For how >

Re: Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-04-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Andreas Barth wrote: > I'm running some throw-away non-profit organisations, and have not > experienced problems. Have the tax authorities been made aware of this in advance? For how long are those organisations running? > Debconf has a different tax situation

Re: Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-04-26 Thread Andreas Barth
* Richard Hartmann (richih.mailingl...@gmail.com) [140426 23:42]: > * Debian Deutschland e.V. > * DebConf Deutschland e.V. > * DebConf15 Deutschland e.V. > > From our understanding, German tax authorities don't like > throw-away/single-use non-profit organisations, but we have no proof > of that,

Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-04-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
Dear all, the German local team for DebConf15 is in the process of incorporating itself. We need a legal shell for signing contracts, taking in donations, and for insurance reasons. Plus, we are expecting to gain non-profit status which means tax exemption and thus more money for making DebConf1