On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 10:05:57PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, Anthony Towns wrote: > > .au law is that you can't make donations for work on Debian > > tax deductible. > Why not?
Charitable organisations have to fulfill a particular set of rules; like being educational, helping the homeless, that sort of thing. As opposed to just doing something socially beneficial. They can also be named specifically by the minister. You can be a non-profit easily, but that only means you don't have to pay tax yourself, not that donators can claim a deduction. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. Australian DMCA (the Digital Agenda Amendments) Under Review! -- http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/blog/copyright/digitalagenda
