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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Harry,</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">for us to be tax-deductible in Germany,
there needs to be a German entity that could apply for public
benefit. Setting this up and subsequently managing it is not
trivial. We are however working on this subject, and while it may
still take a bit we hope to be able to provide this perk in the
future.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks for collecting the information
though!</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Philipp<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/3/18 8:44 PM, harry wrote:<br>
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TB continues to not be tax-deductible in Germany (or everywhere
except the US) - <br>
I am convinced that this means for TB to loose a lot of money from
potential donors.<br>
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Is it really so hard /difficult to become eligible for
tax-deduction ? The way to go for TB is probably to apply for
"Gemeinnützigkeit" (for DE that is)<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinn%C3%BCtzigkeit#Deutschland"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinn%C3%BCtzigkeit#Deutschland</a><br>
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You probably wouldn't have much trouble with the donation receipts
for tax-deduction ("Spendenbescheinigungen") if you do it like the
people from LibreOffice<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://de.libreoffice.org/donate/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://de.libreoffice.org/donate/</a><br>
"Einen <b>vereinfachten Zuwendungsnachweis</b> nach § 50 Abs. 2
Nr. 2 b EStDV können Sie hier <b>herunterladen</b>. Damit sparen
Sie uns Arbeit und Porto, welches stattdessen unserer
Projektarbeit zugute kommen kann. Für Beträge über 200 €, oder
falls Sie dennoch eine Spendenbescheinigung wünschen, senden uns
bitte eine E-Mail an <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:treasurer@documentfoundation.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">treasurer@documentfoundation.org</a>"<br>
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(same in English)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/donations-questions-answers/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://blog.documentfoundation.org/donations-questions-answers/</a><br>
"Also, donation confirmations take a significant amount of time
and work we would rather use for your project activities. In case
your donation is below € 200, we kindly ask you to download the
simplified donation receipt – in German – from the following link:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://tdf.io/zuwendungsnachweis" moz-do-not-send="true">https://tdf.io/zuwendungsnachweis</a>."<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/</a><br>
"Donations to The Document Foundation are<b> tax-deductible in
several countries</b>. Please refer to your local tax office for
details."<br>
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(My comment: maybe TDF would provide info for which countries
this applies and how they managed to get this)<br>
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And some news .. not brand-new, but still interesting ...<br>
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<b>New LibreOffice release sparks record donations to Document
Foundation</b> -- Feb 13, 2017<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/3167890/open-source-tools/new-libreoffice-release-sparks-record-donations-to-document-foundation.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.networkworld.com/article/3167890/open-source-tools/new-libreoffice-release-sparks-record-donations-to-document-foundation.html</a><br>
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Harry<br>
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