Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands; informing the donors

2014-12-08 Thread Jan-Bart de Vreede
Hey Another minor correction with a large impact. The first 60 euro, or 1% of your gross income, (crude translation of Drempelinkomen, but it will do for the sake of the argument), whichever is higher, does not count as deductible... Realistically this means that for people donating any

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands; informing the donors

2014-12-08 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, At the time I learned that it is possible to have an EC wide status. While local tax laws differ, it only takes one effort to have such an EC status. Nothing was done at the time, that was/is an annoyance. My hope is that this status will be established so that our donors can benefit

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands; informing the donors

2014-12-08 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Gerard Meijssen, 07/12/2014 13:11: At the time I learned that there is the possibility of an European tax status. I do remember that it took several years of financial statements. This is something we can easily provide We already do: that's what local chapters are for. WMF is not based in EU

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands; informing the donors

2014-12-07 Thread Lodewijk
Minor correction: this system in the Netherlands works the other way around: donors can get back a part of their donation through their tax reduction - it is not that the charity gets a bonus. Interestingly, the Wikimedia Foundation has obtained this status (ANBI) in the Netherlands at the urging

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands; informing the donors

2014-12-07 Thread Cristian Consonni
2014-12-07 11:23 GMT+01:00 Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org: Minor correction: this system in the Netherlands works the other way around: donors can get back a part of their donation through their tax reduction - it is not that the charity gets a bonus. Interestingly, the Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands; informing the donors

2014-12-07 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, At the time I learned that there is the possibility of an European tax status. I do remember that it took several years of financial statements. This is something we can easily provide and also when the WMF does not quality as an organisation that is intended for the public good who is.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands; informing the donors

2014-12-07 Thread Cristian Consonni
Il 07/Dic/2014 13:12 Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com ha scritto: This is something we can easily provide and also when the WMF does not quality as an organisation that is intended for the public good who is. I don't understand this sentence, can you please rephrase? C

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands; informing the donors

2014-12-07 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, It was intented as a rhetorical question... if the WMF is not contributing to the general good who is, who qualifies ?? The main point is that the WMF took responsibility and is not aware of the ball being in their corner. Thanks, GerardM On 7 December 2014 at 15:35, Cristian Consonni