[OSGeo-Conf] Tax Implications of FOSS4G

[Kate Chapman]

Hi Jeroen,

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.

Kate
On 12/07/2013 5:45 AM, "Jeroen Ticheler" <jeroen.ticheler at geocat.net> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
> Can you elaborate on this as it is unclear to me. What exactly do you
> mean? Saying that once payment the is made to OSGeo, it is beyond the range
> of the Eclipse Foundation  to help suggests that this tax-exempt status
> does not get extended as an umbrella covering OSGeo!? I'm not familiar with
> US tax regulations, so please help me out with a pretty specific answer if
> you can.
> Thanks,
> Jeroen
>
> On 11 jul. 2013, at 14:05, Andrew Ross <andrew.ross at eclipse.org> wrote:
>
> > For what it's worth, the Eclipse Foundation is a non-profit and tax
> exempt. The Washington D.C. proposal factors this support already.
> >
> > Once the payment is made to OSGeo, that's beyond the range of the
> Eclipse Foundation can help with of course.
>
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