On 19 March 2013 15:42, Deryck Chan <deryckc...@gmail.com> wrote: > [putting WM2013 hat on] > Wikimedia Hong Kong thought about setting up a subsidiary company for > Wikimania 2013 but decided against it. This is because the subsidiary > company (and therefore Wikimania) will not enjoy charity benefits, > discounts, or tax deductibility, which renders "the benefits of going > through" the chapter nothing more than a brand name.
It may be different in HK, but in the UK it is still possible to take advantage of charitable status while working through a subsidiary. (See my email to the other thread.) _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
