Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Foundation acknowledged as non-profit?
Hi, Jens Müller wrote: Personally, I believe that chariable status is an administration nightmare as soon as you deal with a meaningful budget. You will end up paying tax attorneys just to remain charitable and in the end you're not better off than if you had just ignored the whole charitable thing. As soon as you deal with a meaningful budget you better have transparent budgetting anyway, because that is what your donors expect of you. Be too transparent and you lose charitable status in no time ;-) Bye Frederik ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
[OSM-legal-talk] Foundation acknowledged as non-profit?
Is the OSMF acknowledged as a charity, non-profit organisation, or whatever is necessary under UK law to make donations tax deductible? I'm asking because of C-318/07, which makes this relevant for other Europeans, as well .. ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Foundation acknowledged as non-profit?
Hi, Jens Müller wrote: Is the OSMF acknowledged as a charity, non-profit organisation, or whatever is necessary under UK law to make donations tax deductible? I'm asking because of C-318/07, which makes this relevant for other Europeans, as well .. What does this have to do with a Sony radio alarm clock? Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09 E008°23'33 ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Foundation acknowledged as non-profit?
Frederik Ramm schrieb: Hi, Jens Müller wrote: Is the OSMF acknowledged as a charity, non-profit organisation, or whatever is necessary under UK law to make donations tax deductible? I'm asking because of C-318/07, which makes this relevant for other Europeans, as well .. What does this have to do with a Sony radio alarm clock? C-318/07 is an ECJ lawsuit regarding tax-deductability of donations to other EU countries, cf. http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/gettext.pl?where=lang=ennum=79909872C19070318doc=Touvert=Tseance=ARRET Context, what's that? ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Foundation acknowledged as non-profit?
On 5 Feb 2009, at 19:54, Jens Müller wrote: Is the OSMF acknowledged as a charity, non-profit organisation, or whatever is necessary under UK law to make donations tax deductible? I'm asking because of C-318/07, which makes this relevant for other Europeans, as well .. It is not currently a charity. I understand that it is currently a not-for-profit company. Possibly a foundation director would like to give their position on conversion to charitable status? Regards, Peter ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Foundation acknowledged as non-profit?
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Jens Müller b...@tessarakt.de wrote: Is the OSMF acknowledged as a charity, non-profit organisation, or whatever is necessary under UK law to make donations tax deductible? I'm asking because of C-318/07, which makes this relevant for other Europeans, as well .. The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a non-profit organisation. It is not a registered charity. Details here: http://foundation.openstreetmap.org Etienne ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Foundation acknowledged as non-profit?
I think most international organizations create a branch in each country and then you can just donate to your local branch. The branch in each country can then pay dues to the international organization or in some cases the international body can provide funding for projects in the local countries. On 2/6/09, Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com wrote: On 5 Feb 2009, at 19:54, Jens Müller wrote: Is the OSMF acknowledged as a charity, non-profit organisation, or whatever is necessary under UK law to make donations tax deductible? I'm asking because of C-318/07, which makes this relevant for other Europeans, as well .. It is not currently a charity. I understand that it is currently a not-for-profit company. Possibly a foundation director would like to give their position on conversion to charitable status? Regards, Peter ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk -- Jeffrey John Martin dogs...@gmail.com ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Foundation acknowledged as non-profit?
Hi, Jeffrey Martin wrote: The branch in each country can then pay dues to the international organization or in some cases the international body can provide funding for projects in the local countries. This is exactly what OSMF is aiming at, with the exception that they do not want to create the branches top-down, but instead they hope that OSM activists form the branches themselves nationally and then register with the central body. There may be some stepping stones here in terms of transferring funds in those cases where the national entity enjoys charitable status but OSMF doesn't; in some countries it might be illegal to transfer funds from a charitable (tax-exempt) organisation to one that does not have that status. Personally, I believe that chariable status is an administration nightmare as soon as you deal with a meaningful budget. You will end up paying tax attorneys just to remain charitable and in the end you're not better off than if you had just ignored the whole charitable thing. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09 E008°23'33 ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
