i assume that this is a US only perk, or does this sort of thing work international? kind regards, Bruno. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Czeslaw Czapla" <czapla@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 8:12 AM Subject: [openbeos] Re: Non Profit Tax Deductions > on 07.14.04 4:41 pm, Mat Hounsell at mat_geek@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I was involoved with a non-profit US based organisation. I was told that in > > the > > US money spent by members on the organisation/work was tax deductible. Is that > > true for Haiku? > > Absolutely, there are significant tax benefits enjoyed by 501(c)3 > corporations such as Haiku Inc. Most (if not all) contributions made to the > organization are deductible from the taxable income of the contributor. > > Depending on the amount that you contribute annually to such organizations, > the reduction in one's tax bill can be substantial. The US has a graduated > income tax structure, so sometimes deductions from taxable income can reduce > your annual taxable income so much that you end up in a different "tax > bracket", i.e., a different graduated level in the structure in which the > income tax levied is a smaller percentage of your (reduced) income. This is > a double gain that I've enjoyed at least once in the past. > > Czeslaw > > >