[Foundation-l] Priorities

[Florence Devouard]

Anthony wrote:
> On 10/23/07, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at 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_come_from.3F
> 
> 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.