Re: European bank account for donations

[Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com>]

Are any of GNOME's 3 sister organizations that have bank accounts in
Europe a tax free charity currently?  If not, then are we in a position
to meet requirements and set one up?

We need to better understand the tax implications. I do not think it
makes sense for The GNOME Foundation to use European banks if the tax
burdens outweigh the expense of bank transfers.  What are the tax
implications?

I think The GNOME Foundation would be excited to see any serious
proposal that explains a plan and describes what sort of savings The
GNOME Foundation should expect by doing this.

Brian


On 03/ 9/12 09:39 AM, Joaquim Rocha wrote:
> On 03/09/2012 12:27 PM, Dave Neary wrote:
> > GNOME has at least 3 sister organisations, with bank accounts, in the
> > EU: GNOME Hispanic, GNOME-fr and GNOME Deutschland eV.
>
> It's actually GNOME Hispano.
>
> > Why not create some kind of official relationship with one or more of
> > them?
>
> I think this is a good idea. This relationship could be based on trust
> instead of creating yet another organ, with all the bureaucracy it often
> involves.
>
> The groups could receive "generic" donations that would be tight to the
> GNOME Foundation instead of the local "branches" and whenever the money
> needed to be used in Europe, it would be used from them.
>
> --
> Joaquim Rocha
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