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... I did it again (donation to TB) :-)<br>
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I do have remarks concerning the donation process, though. <br>
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In the first place, I speak here for the situation for donors to TB
in Germany - and I have some proposals as to<br>
- encouraging donations<br>
- make sure that the bank fees for the donations are very low <br>
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Problems:<br>
- donations to TB are not tax-deductible (as of now, it seems that
TB is tax-deductible in US, but e.g. not in Germany)<br>
- concerning the payment options: as of now, there is "credit
card" and "paypal"; <br>
also, there is "Überweisungen" (bank wire transfer), and donors
are notified that for each "Überweisung" (wire transfer), TB (or
here: Mozilla) is charged bank fees of 5 US Dolllars; TB (or rather
"SVB-Mozilla Foundation") does have a German bank account with the
"Standard Chartered Bank" in Frankfurt/Germany, though, so I don't
quite understand the high fees for "Überweisungen"<br>
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Proposals:<br>
- make donations to TB tax-deductible (I don't now what is needed
for TB to be tax-deductible in Germany, to cite the situation for
LibreOffice: donations to LibreOffice are tax-deductible in Germany
*and* the US); <br>
possibly, there is an easy way for TB to reach a labelling as
"gemeinnützig", which is what is needed to be tax-deductible in
Germany
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinn%C3%BCtzigkeit#Deutschland">https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinn%C3%BCtzigkeit#Deutschland</a> <br>
- in Germany the payment option "SEPA-Lastschrift" is well known an
well established ("Direct debit")
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_debit">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_debit</a> <br>
this payment option is extensively used by many organizations
in Germany that collect donations; main reason: <b>the bank fees
per transfer are as low as 10 Eurocent</b> (less than 13 Cent
US); <br>
(I don't know about the situation e.g. in France;
probably "SEPA- direct debit" can be used there under the same
conditions)<br>
- also, in case TB hires devs from Germany, there would be no need
to transfer the money to the U.S. and back;<br>
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Conclusion:<br>
If the "usage by country"-chart for TB that was posted here tells
the truth, then the single largest userbase of TB is Germany - so it
might well be worth an effort to encourage donations in Germany. <br>
So: Get the labelling as "gemeinnützig" for TB to be tax-deductible
in Germany, and get a regular bank account for TB in Germany.... and
set up a "SEPA-Lastschriftverfahren" on the TB website.<br>
<br>
Harry<br>
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