22 Mar
2023
22 Mar
'23
1:30 p.m.
Hi everyone,
so far donations to the TDE project have always ended up to Tim. Although he is the
founder of the project, he has not
really been involved in the daily matters and development for several years.
In the past there has been talks to establish a non-profit TDE organization, but this has
yet to happen.
With release R14.1.0 coming soon, I would like to propose for donations to be temporarily
redirected to Slavek, till the
TDE non profit organization is established. Once the organization comes to birth, the
amount of donations can be
transferred over to it.
A transparent public account of donations could be setup, so everyone would be free to see
how donations would be used.
If Slavek needed to pay additional taxes due to the temporary donation income, I suggest
those would be paid out of the
donations themselves.
What is your opinion? There is about a month before R14.1.0 is released, so it would
probably leave just enough time to
prepare the new setup.
Cheers
Michele
22 Mar
22 Mar
9:24 p.m.
On 3/22/23 8:30 AM, Michele Calgaro via tde-devels wrote:
so far donations to the TDE project have always ended
up to Tim.
Although he is the founder of the project, he has not really been
involved in the daily matters and development for several years.
In the past there has been talks to establish a non-profit TDE
organization, but this has yet to happen.
With release R14.1.0 coming soon, I would like to propose for donations
to be temporarily redirected to Slavek, till the TDE non profit
organization is established. Once the organization comes to birth, the
amount of donations can be transferred over to it.
A transparent public account of donations could be setup, so everyone
would be free to see how donations would be used.
If Slavek needed to pay additional taxes due to the temporary donation
income, I suggest those would be paid out of the donations themselves.
What is your opinion? There is about a month before R14.1.0 is released,
so it would probably leave just enough time to prepare the new setup.
Consult an attorney or paralegal experienced with free/libre software
and non-profit organizations. Somebody at FSF, SFC, or Document
Foundation should be able to provide a lead to a qualified person or at
least an attorney-reviewed check list for creating an NPO.
21 Apr
21 Apr
1:46 a.m.
On 3/22/23 08:30, Michele Calgaro via tde-devels wrote:
Hi everyone,
so far donations to the TDE project have always ended up to Tim. Although he
is the founder of the project, he has not really been involved in the daily
matters and development for several years.
In the past there has been talks to establish a non-profit TDE organization,
but this has yet to happen.
With release R14.1.0 coming soon, I would like to propose for donations to be
temporarily redirected to Slavek, till the TDE non profit organization is
established. Once the organization comes to birth, the amount of donations can
be transferred over to it.
A transparent public account of donations could be setup, so everyone would be
free to see how donations would be used.
If Slavek needed to pay additional taxes due to the temporary donation income,
I suggest those would be paid out of the donations themselves.
What is your opinion? There is about a month before R14.1.0 is released, so it
would probably leave just enough time to prepare the new setup.
Cheers
Michele
Just have Slavek be the trustee for the "TDE Project Trust". That way he
simply holds the funds for the benefit of TDE and there are no tax
consequences to him.
To establish the trust just make a short memo (in whatever TDE uses to keep
notes of what the project does) that the "TDE Project Trust" is being created
with Slavek as the trustee for the benefit of the TDE Project until the TDE
Non-Profit is created. No other formalities are required.
Slavek collects the funds, and then the Non-Profit is created, simply transfer
the funds to the non-profit.
--
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
2:02 a.m.
David C. Rankin composed on 2023-04-20 20:46 (UTC-0500):
Just have Slavek be the trustee for the "TDE
Project Trust". That way he
simply holds the funds for the benefit of TDE and there are no tax
consequences to him.
To establish the trust just make a short memo (in
whatever TDE uses to keep
notes of what the project does) that the "TDE Project Trust" is being created
with Slavek as the trustee for the benefit of the TDE Project until the TDE
Non-Profit is created. No other formalities are required.
Slavek collects the funds, and then the Non-Profit is
created, simply transfer
the funds to the non-profit.
His citizenship or the country in which Slavek resides doesn't matter?
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based on faith, not based on science.
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Felix Miata
4:54 a.m.
Felix Miata via tde-devels wrote:
It does matter, people just don't know/understand that globalization was
done for big companies and not for individuals. It does matter also for the
companies of course, but the big ones can afford paying all the legal
taxes.
The other thing is, you never give the money to one person. IMO it must be
at least 3 of them ... well two is also OK, but they can hardly make
decisions when they are having different opinions.
BR
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Slavek
collects the funds, and then the Non-Profit is created, simply
transfer the funds to the non-profit.
His citizenship or the country in which Slavek resides doesn't matter?
1 May
1 May
5:45 a.m.
On 4/20/23 23:54, deloptes via tde-devels wrote:
It does matter, people just don't know/understand
that globalization was
done for big companies and not for individuals. It does matter also for the
companies of course, but the big ones can afford paying all the legal
taxes.
The other thing is, you never give the money to one person. IMO it must be
at least 3 of them ... well two is also OK, but they can hardly make
decisions when they are having different opinions.
It doesn't. Trust law is by state in the US. There is no prohibitions on a
foreign trustee. If things go to hell, then the law of the state in which the
trust was created applies. If Slavek resides in a country that is a signatory
Hague Convention -- foreign service can be effected that way :)
--
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
6:40 a.m.
On Sun April 30 2023 22:45:13 David C. Rankin via tde-devels wrote:
On 4/20/23 23:54, deloptes via tde-devels wrote:
When I worked in the UK I told my employer my marital status and that
I didn't have a mortgage and then my UK taxes were done automatically
(although I still had to file a tax return here in the US while working
in the UK!).
Back in the US my wife spends many many hours each year collecting
numbers and sending them to a tax preparer and then checking every
line of dozens of pages of tax return.
The US tax system is toxic to everyone except billionaires who can
employ an army of lawyers and accountants so that they pay lower
tax rates than working people.
My wholly amateur and unprofessional advice to Slávek would be to
avoid any contact with the convoluted, inefficient, and expensive
US tax and legal systems.
--Mike
It does matter, people just don't
know/understand that globalization was
done for big companies and not for individuals. It does matter also for
the companies of course, but the big ones can afford paying all the legal
taxes.
The other thing is, you never give the money to one person. IMO it must
be at least 3 of them ... well two is also OK, but they can hardly make
decisions when they are having different opinions.
It doesn't. Trust law is by state in the US. There is no prohibitions on a
foreign trustee. If things go to hell, then the law of the state in which
the trust was created applies. If Slavek resides in a country that is a
signatory Hague Convention -- foreign service can be effected that way :) 
21 Apr
21 Apr
3:19 p.m.
In the past
there has been talks to establish a non-profit TDE organization,
but this has yet to happen.
With release R14.1.0 coming soon, I would like to propose for donations to be
temporarily redirected to Slavek, till the TDE non profit organization is
established.
If Slavek needed to pay additional taxes due to the temporary donation income,
I suggest those would be paid out of the donations themselves.
Just have Slavek be the trustee for the "TDE Project Trust". That way he
simply holds the funds for the benefit of TDE and there are no tax
consequences to him.
To establish the trust just make a short memo (in whatever TDE uses to keep
notes of what the project does) that the "TDE Project Trust" is being created
with Slavek as the trustee for the benefit of the TDE Project until the TDE
Non-Profit is created. No other formalities are required.
Slavek collects the funds, and then the Non-Profit is created, simply transfer
the funds to the non-profit.
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