Anthony wrote:
On 10/23/07, Brian McNeil
<brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org> wrote:
Florence Devouard wrote:
* the tax deduction is only available in the USA.
Not anywhere else.
I put my donation last year through my accountants as tax
deductible, and
I'm in Belgium. What happened?
I'm pretty sure Florence was wrong here.
???
I'm pretty sure I was right. I doubt very much that a donation from a
person in Belgium, made to an american organization, can be deductible
from your belgium income taxes.
But IANA (I am not accountant) and if your accountants think it is fine...
"The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax
exempt status in the
United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax
deductible. See deductibility of donations for details."
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/About_Wikimedia#Where_does_the_money_co…
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Deductibility_of_donations
Ya. If you give the donation to some of the chapters, who are tax
deductible in your nation. Eg, Wikimedia France, eg Wikimedia Deutschland...
Additionally, the tax deduction in the United States
is only available
to less than one third of taxpayers. If you take the standard
deduction, you don't get a tax break for donations.