Hoi,
At the time I learned that it is possible to have an EC wide status. While
local tax laws differ, it only takes one effort to have such an EC status.
Nothing was done at the time, that was/is an annoyance.
My hope is that this status will be established so that our donors can
benefit according to their local laws.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 8 December 2014 at 09:14, Jan-Bart de Vreede <jdevreede(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hey
Another minor correction with a large impact. The first 60 euro, or 1% of
your gross income, (crude translation of Drempelinkomen, but it will do
for the sake of the argument), whichever is higher, does not count as
deductible...
Realistically this means that for people donating any money, it usually
comes down to the fact that the first several hundred Euro’s donated each
year (cumulatively) are NOT tax deductible. An exception would be a
“periodical” gift which is documented.
But overall: its complex and the amount you need to donate to charities is
relatively high, and most people cannot take advantage of it because of
this reason.
I would guess that the ANBI status only really affects large donors… but
it never hurts to advertise our ANBI status :) (personal opinion)
Jan-Bart
PS:
http://www.belastingdienst.nl/rekenhulpen/giften/ <
http://www.belastingdienst.nl/rekenhulpen/giften/> (only seems to be
available in dutch)
On 07 Dec 2014, at 11:23, Lodewijk
<lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org> wrote:
Minor correction: this system in the Netherlands works the other way
around: donors can get back a part of their donation through their tax
reduction - it is not that the charity gets a bonus.
Interestingly, the Wikimedia Foundation has obtained this status (ANBI)
in
the Netherlands at the urging of the chapter
several years ago
(2010/2011).
However, for some reason the WMF chooses not to
advertize this (not so
obvious) fact on the donation home page; which means that the donors are
unaware that they can donate and get this reduction of their taxes
(indeed
up to 50% of the donation amount!). This is
mindboggling to me - it
should
be an easy fix.
Lodewijk
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Gerard Meijssen <
gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hoi,
> A similar possibility is in existence in the Netherlands... National
> charities can easily get such a status. It is possible for international
> organisations but it is more difficult..
>
> In order to optimise fundraisers it is extremely relevant that we
optimise
> it for our donors. That makes it very much in
need of local efforts.
>
> As it is we lose 50% of the giftst of our donors in the Netherlands to
the
taxman.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 4 December 2014 at 22:10, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>
wrote:
> I've split this from a more general thread, for convenience...
>
>
> On 3 December 2014 at 01:16, Megan Hernandez <mhernandez(a)wikimedia.org
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Starting today, banners are being shown to 100% of anonymous readers
on
> English Wikipedia in the US, UK, Canada, Australia
and New Zealand.
How much money do we expect to raise (or did we last year), from the
UK? How much of the money raised from the UK will attract "Gift
Aid"[*] tax releif?
[* Gift AId is a UK scheme where the government gives, to a charity,
tax paid by a donor. For every £80 such a donor gives, the charty
would receive £100]
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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