Re: European bank account for donations

[Luc Pionchon <pionchon luc gmail com>]

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 09:41, Frederic Crozat <fred crozat net> wrote:
> Le 9 mars 2012 23:51, "Luc Pionchon" <pionchon luc gmail com> a écrit :
>
>
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>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 22:36, Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Are any of GNOME's 3 sister organizations that have bank accounts in
>> > Europe a tax free charity currently?
>>
>> About French associations tax law, in a nutshell:
>>
>> GNOME-FR is a non-profit organization, so called "association loi
>> 1901". As a non-profit organization, it is tax free. I am not sure
>> what you mean by "charity" and how it translates into French fiscal
>> system.
>
> Charity is mean in the sense donations are deductible from your own tax.

Thanks !

> GNOME-fr is not a charity in that sense, it would need to become a
> "association reconnue d'utilité publique", which is a lot of paper work and
> budget .

An "association d'intérêt général" is enough, which GNOME-FR qualify.
I can check the details.

(I don't think GNOME-FR will ever qualify as an "association reconnue
d'utilité publique")