donation in germany: taxes ("steuerlich absetzen")

[Neil Williams]

On Tuesday 05 July 2005 3:46 pm, Ekkard Gerlach wrote:
> I want to make a donation for gnucash. I urgently need e.g. a
> translation to german for my secretary who can't speak english.

Looks like the SourceForge pages are English only, I don't know whether PayPal 
will convert to German once the actual data entry page is displayed using the 
locale of your browser.

Alternatively, it only requires your credit card details, you only need an 
account with PayPal if you plan on making more donations and want to save the 
hassle of entering details each time (or want to receive via PayPal). So why 
not do it at home yourself?

PayPal WILL handle the currency conversions:
since the SourceForge.net Donation System accepts donations through PayPal, we 
are able to accept contributions from many different countries (including the 
United States, Canada, Germany, Japan, China, United Kingdom, Denmark, and 
others). PayPal will handle the currency conversion on your behalf. 
Additional information regarding currency conversion will be provided by 
PayPal after you have reached step 3 in the donation process.
http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=192#how

> Can I donate money (100Euro) somewhere here in germany?

As far as I am aware, only via SourceForge.

> - i need 
> a receipt that I can use for my taxes.

Neither GnuCash nor SourceForge (who process the donation) are charitable 
organisations. In the UK, they do not qualify for tax relief or as a tax 
deductible expense. I doubt that Germany is that different and you may well 
find that you cannot use the donation in your taxes in any way.

The receipt is just an email or a print out of the final page.

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Neil Williams
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