On Sat, 2005-07-02 at 23:08 -0400, David Norman wrote:
Boris Mann wrote:
Some devil's advocate questions: How much does non-profit / tax deduction matter? Does it *have* to be a non-profit? There are tax-write offs, and then there are business write offs. I'd say if you're going to forfeit profits, go all the way and get the IRS recognition paperwork filed for the USA's entity. If you want to play devil's advocate, I think a better question might be to ask whether the Drupal entity should be run for-profit. Developers are a large part students right now, but at some point they're going to need regular income that a for-profit unit could theoretically provide.
A non-profit organization can and often does have paid staff. I'm not 100% familiar with the regulations regarding staff salaries in non-profits, but as far as I know, a non-profit entity could provide the same salary that a for-profit entity could. I think speaking with an attorney, or at the very least someone who is very knowledgeable of these things, in whatever country is chosen is required.