On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 06:22:25PM +0900, Andrew wrote:
So just to clarify, you mean that we may be able
(assuming all sorts of
things which haven't yet been discussed or resolved) to get tax deductible
status for donations to WMA for WMA purposes, but not for donations to WMA
for WMF purposes?
Yes, I think that puts it better. The question might be how we can
include WMF within the purposes of WMA. We need a tame lawyer. I'll ask
the one wikipedian in Australia who is an academic laywer what he
thinks.
Cheers, Brian.
cheers
Andrew
2008/11/25 Brian Salter-Duke <b_duke(a)bigpond.net.au>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 05:49:06PM +1100, Brianna Laugher wrote:
> > 2008/11/25 Karl Goetz <karl(a)kgoetz.id.au>au>:
> > >> I received a couple of emails to our contact address about how to
> > >> donate or if donations to us were tax deductible. (For the record
they
> > >> are NOT.)
> > >
> > > Any chance that will change?
> >
> > Tax deductability status is something we will definitely be seeking
> > but it will something to look at after the AGM I think.
>
> There may be an issue that we can get tax deductable status for
> donations for charitable purposes in Australia but not for sending
> donations to the USA for what might well be considered chartitable
> purposes just in the USA. We need to investigate that.
>
> Brian.
>
> > Brianna
> >
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