[Qgis-psc] Removing URLs from sponsorship sections

[Tim Sutton]

Hi


> On 31 Jan 2018, at 10:25, Andreas Neumann <andreas at qgis.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> According to the tax rules in Switzerland, if QGIS.ORG <http://qgis.org/> does not return any direct service in return to sponsorships, sponsorship money is not subject to VAT. Advertising for sponsors on QGIS.ORG <http://qgis.org/> wouldn't be allowed. Listing URLs to websites of sponsors is regarded as advertising. Listing names, logos and place/country is ok and not regarded as advertising.
> 
> Contrary to the current practice, I would have to remove all direct URLs pointing to sponsors websites. Is the PSC ok with it?
> 
> What is the position of the PSC regarding this? Would we rather pay 7.7 % VAT on sponsorship money to keep the URLs or remove the URLs and don't pay the VAT on the sponsorship.
> 
> Should I do a survey amongst the sponsors about it?
> 
> The URL issue is both on our sponsorship page, but also on the visual change logs and release notes.
> 
> Note that sponsorship money accounts to 60-70% of our income - so the impact is quite high.


 Doing a survey first would be a good option and if they are ok with it then yes we could consider it. Otherwise I would be -1 on removing links for sponsors - it seems unfair to them and to break an existing understanding with them will probably create bad feelings.

Regards

Tim

> 
> Thank you for your replies!
> Andreas
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