As a previous treasurer of Quanta who had difficulty assuring the Inland Revenue of their status and who also had difficulty convincing committee members of the tax laws I can assure Roy that the prospect of charging for entry would be very unlikely as that would make all workshops "members only" If ANY money or benefit is received from a non Quanta member then the association becomes liable for corporation tax as it is then a "trading organisation". When it's turnover was much higher it would have been liable for VAT too. Corporation tax at present is only paid on Bank Interest and will continue to be paid while Quanta funds are such as to earn interest.
The same difficulty arises when considering amalgamating with QLToday. Non Quanta members would be contributing to the joint effort. The tax man may understand but it isn't worth the risk. This should have been explained to Jochen at the time and I thought it was, though at the time most of the benefit would have been to QLToday as Quanta had an a more than adequate editor. John Taylor.
