Donation Question
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McCandless
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Donation Question
I am from the US, and my brother is in the UK, and we both feel like donating towards PR, yet we are unsure of wether or not you are a non-profit organization or a business, so I can claim it on my taxes. Help me out?
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Peeta
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Re: Donation Question
Ummm I believe it's just a non-profit.
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Jigsaw
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Re: Donation Question
PR is a not-for-profit organisation.
Donations are used for server costs etc.
Think of it as a charity but instead of your hard earned cash going to help some poor African children you get to feed a Dev for a day.
Donations are used for server costs etc.
Think of it as a charity but instead of your hard earned cash going to help some poor African children you get to feed a Dev for a day.
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"I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end... "
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Masaq
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Re: Donation Question
Project Reality runs in a not-for-profit manner, although for obvious reasons we are not a charity and we are not a UK or US registered company (that I'm aware of!).
As Jigsaw says, the only thing that donations are used for is to cover the costs of web hosting, file hosting, build-server hosting and licenses for software required to provide those services - our vBulletin license, for example.
No money is ever diverted to personal bank accounts or to provide products or services for individual developers. Where DEVs require new software - C4 licenses, Photoshop, 3DS etc - the funds come out of their own pocket.
In short, I'm pretty sure that you're not able to claim the tax back - and in the UK, I'm sure that your brother cannot. Sorry!
Many thanks for considering donation and regards,
Masaq
As Jigsaw says, the only thing that donations are used for is to cover the costs of web hosting, file hosting, build-server hosting and licenses for software required to provide those services - our vBulletin license, for example.
No money is ever diverted to personal bank accounts or to provide products or services for individual developers. Where DEVs require new software - C4 licenses, Photoshop, 3DS etc - the funds come out of their own pocket.
In short, I'm pretty sure that you're not able to claim the tax back - and in the UK, I'm sure that your brother cannot. Sorry!
Many thanks for considering donation and regards,
Masaq
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