[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.

Some on irc mentions that it might be correct for Belgium... I never 
heard of that. Might it be because we have a belgium bank account ?
Also, there may be tax deductibility in Canada.

So, indeed, I was wrong :-)

Ant

> 
> "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
> 
> 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.
> 
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