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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">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/">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">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/">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">https://tdf.io/zuwendungsnachweis</a>."<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/">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">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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