Pine, I think Lisa already answered your question -- it's complicated. It's possible (based on my limited knowledge, anyway) that what you suggest is possible; but she never said it was impossible. She said it was the safest approach, given a complicated scenario. This is her professional expertise, so we have to assume a basic level of competence to make those judgment calls.
Don't we? Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lisa, > > Hm, that is different from my understanding of the IRC. You are required to > offer a receipt, not to actually send one if the donor declines, right? > Then you could have a checkbox to disable personal info and the receipt. > You could also enable anonymous donations under $5000 or whatever the > threshold is for reporting the donor's info to the IRS, right? > > Pine > On Jul 30, 2014 2:06 PM, "Lisa Gruwell" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As Andrew said, it is complicated. We decided that asking for the > > information was the safest approach and best enables to comply with U.S. > > laws as well as laws in other countries. For example, we are required to > > send a receipt for tax purposes to U.S. donors who give over a certain > > amount and we have already today received gifts through bitcoin over that > > threshold. > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Nonprofits in the US are only required to report major donors AFAIK. > > > Bitcoins aren't assets with more complicated transfer rules like real > > > estate or stock shares. Simple property donations like a can of food > for > > a > > > food bank don't require identification info. > > > Pine > > > On Jul 30, 2014 1:01 PM, "Andrew Gray" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Pine, > > > > > > > > The IRS link includes the note that: > > > > > > > > "A payment made using virtual currency is subject to information > > > > reporting to the same extent as any other payment made in property." > > > > > > > > - no expert, but I suspect this is the explanation. Because the IRS > > > > treat bitcoin as "property" (like, eg, shares) rather than currency, > > > > it triggers different - and presumably more complex - reporting > > > > requirements. > > > > > > > > Andrew. > > > > > > > > On 30 July 2014 20:20, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > There is a post on the blog saying that bitcoin is accepted but > there > > > are > > > > > several questions about why WMF is asking for contact info. Is that > > an > > > > IRS > > > > > requirement? Might want to post the reason in the blog entry. AFAIK > > > with > > > > > the nonprofits I donate to none require personal info for small > > > > > contributions. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Pine > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > - Andrew Gray > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
