On Feb 18, 2011, at 6:37 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi folks, > > Benjamin Horst wrote on 2011-02-08 19.58: >> My suggestion was to use a personal account to collect and then disburse the >> income, which would probably trigger income tax, as BRM mentioned in his >> response. (I don't know with any certainty, though.) >> >> Another platform like Kickstarter ishttp://www.indiegogo.com/ >> >> According to their site, you can "Start your campaign from any country in >> the world as long as you have a valid bank account." >> >> It also lets you collect pledged funds even if you don't meet your overall >> goal, but it charges fees of 4 or 9% (the higher fee if you don't meet your >> full goal, the lower fee if you do). Not sure what Kickstarter's fee >> structure is to compare. > > I guess it would be best if a nonprofit like OOoDeV would do the thing, as > otherwise, tax issues arise and there is no tax-deductibility. > > If you know of a service we can use as German nonprofit, I'm happy to look > into it. :)
I think IndieGoGo would work. http://www.indiegogo.com/ However, the existing donation pages are clearly achieving their purpose already, so there may be no need for an additional platform and its overhead costs. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
