"We’ve always been worried that developing Free and Open Source Software would not be recognized as a charitable cause by the German tax system, so we were glad when the tax office originally approved our non-profit status in 2021. But now we have received a notice from the same tax office that our non-profit status has been withdrawn. "
Wie das deutsche Finanzamt einfach mal Open Source Projekten wie Mastodon die Gemeinnützigkeit wegnimmt.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/
Bianca Kastl /
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2024-04-27 17:18:57
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