On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Omer Zak wrote:
>
> >Board members, start working on getting the amuta recognized for tax
[emphasis -->] ^^^^^
> >purposes (so that monetary donations to the amuta will be tax-deductible).
> >
> That's a l-o-n-g way off. For one thing, we will probably need to show
> that we are not a vapour NPO - that enough people care enough about our
> activities to donate money even without the tax benefits. After that is
> established, we can start working on getting a "correct managment"
> approval from the registrar of societies, and then, maybe, we can get
> ourselves on that list. Don't expect anything this year. Don't expect
> anything in that regard next year either.
I have been sufficiently active in the NPO world to know that the process
of getting recognized for tax purposes is a long process. But even a long
process needs to start sometime (as the Chinese say - even a 1000 mile
long journey starts with a single step). So start now doing whatever is
needed to accomplish this distant goal.
[I sent Shachar a private E-mail message about membership issues.]
--- Omer
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