Re: [quite OT] TDE shirts

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Anno domini 2020 Fri, 24 Apr 11:07:30 +0200
 Slávek Banko scripsit:
> On Friday 24 of April 2020 08:15:14 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > > I assumed a plan using a fiscal host. If I understood correctly, for
> > > OpenSource projects, there are fiscal hosts available that have 5%
> > > fees and no fixed monthly fees. And above all, the fiscal host would
> > > take care of bookkeeping, taxes, and so on. We could choose whether we
> > > prefer the US (USD currency) or the EU (EUR currency):
> > >
> > > https://opencollective.com/pricing?tab=singleCollectiveWithoutAccount
> > >
> > > > # # #
> > > >
> > > > These kind of decisions are always a trade off, personally I’d go
> > > > with Open Collective to begin with, but if the [TDE-ORG] starts
> > > > getting decent funding I’d move on to something else.
> > >
> > > If we use the Open Collective fiscal host, we would not have to deal
> > > with starting our own organization for now. That's one of the reasons
> > > why Open Collective seems interesting to me.
> >
> > This is kind of service is the most expensive you can get, leaving aside
> > the legal implications. A professinal bookkeeper for a costs you ~ 300.-
> > / year for simple bookkeeping (again: Austria) - that is, if you feel
> > overhelmed with dooing simple bookkeeping yourself. If going for legal,
> > how should these companies handle local laws? To which laws ate they
> > bound? What's with VAT?
> >
> > civicrm.org --> US
> > backdropcms.org  --> US
> > opencollective.com --> US
> > stripe.com --> UK
> >
> > Choos your poison.
> 
> For Open Collective, it depends on the selected fiscal host. For example, 
> here is a fiscal host based in Brussels:
> 
> https://opencollective.com/europe
> 
> 
> Does anyone know of any other organizations such as Open Collective? There 
> is an example Software Freedom Conservancy, but it does not give a choice 
> of fiscal hosts - only the US. At the same time, it seems more limited in 
> the possibilities of donation methods, I do not see transparent access to 
> accounting records. See:
> 
> https://sfconservancy.org/projects/services/
> 
> Cheers

The question  still is: what problem can you sove with a paied service like that? You still need a legal framework to use it. And when you have the framework, what's the point in those services?

Nik



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