<div dir="ltr">I am not a tax expert, but Azavea has worked with many non-profits and foundations over the years, including arrangements in which the non-profit is serving as a fiscal agent on a given project. If OSGeo is not a non-profit, there is no way for another non-profit to extend its status to prevent payment of taxes by OSGeo. I don't think Eclipse's status would be any different from Stumptown Syndicate or any other non-profit in this respect. <div>
<br></div><div>The "extension of non-profit status" for the purposes of the event (the reference in the SharedGeo contract) would mean that the event could be operated without paying sales tax and any donations made to the event would be treated as donations to a non-profit organization (which would mean that they might be tax-deductible for the donor). However, once the proceeds are transferred from the event organizer (the non-profit) to a for-profit entity (OSGeo), that for-profit entity would be liable for the tax liability related to this income, and it would be treated in the same manner as any other income it might receive.</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Dave McIlhagga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca" target="_blank">dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">One would need a US Tax expert to weigh in to know the definitive answer -- but intuitively, it would seem impossible for a taxable organization to take in revenue that results in profit for the organization as a whole.<div>
<br></div><div>If there's another way - I'd suggest that's something OSGeo would need to get it's own tax advice on, and establish as a basis for future events. Otherwise, we're all just dealing with hearsay.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<div><br></div><div>Dave</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></span><div><br><div><div><div class="h5"><div>On 2013-07-12, at 10:03 AM, Jeroen Ticheler <<a href="mailto:jeroen.ticheler@geocat.net" target="_blank">jeroen.ticheler@geocat.net</a>> wrote:</div>
<br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi Kate,<div>Thanks! But what is the meaning of "extending the tax exempt status" of e.g. the Eclipse Foundation? From your comment below this "umbrella capability" becomes an empty shell if OSGeo in the end still requires the tax payment on income.</div>
<div>Thanks,</div><div>Jeroen</div><div><br><div><div>On 12 jul. 2013, at 15:56, Kate Chapman <<a href="mailto:kate@maploser.com" target="_blank">kate@maploser.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">
Hi Jeroen,</p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">
Once a payment is made to OSGEO it would be income for the organization. If perhaps OSGEO were to not get approved for tax exempt status in the US they would then owe tax on it as income.</p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">
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