On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:08:47 -0600 Devin Reade <g...@gno.org> wrote: > Benny Lofgren <bl-li...@lofgren.biz> wrote: > > The reason for my initial suggestion, which was along the lines Rafal whom > > you commented also thought, was that a donation *ISN'T A FUCKING OPTION* > > where I and others live. > It is worth <value> to us. If you're interested, send us an invoice > (from either you personally or your corporation or other business > entity) in some readily machine readable format (text file, > spread sheet, pdf, it doesn't matter) that lists the amount
Just to elaborate and add to this suggestion: In a lot (all?) of the European countries are donations by a company NOT tax deductible (as ranted before ;) ) The only possibility for them is to a) "sponsor" somebody, who then has to advertise etc. for them; there has to be some economic effect that is in relation to the amount b) "hire" a programmer, with all the legal side effects c) "purchase" something, but this requires a legally valid invoice according to the local law (e.g. a simple text file may not be valid!) d) "donations" are only possible to *accredited* organizations, and even then only a fraction can be deducted from taxes Note: I'm not a tax consultant, but I wanted to point out the problems that the finance department has when a company wants to "give away" money. Imho, as a company you should just buy the existing shop items from a local dealer (= invoice). kind regards, Robert
