donation in germany: taxes ("steuerlich absetzen")

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 07:25, Neil Williams wrote:
> A voluntary contribution cannot generate an invoice, there is no
> compulsion to pay so how can it be deemed a business expense?

Au tax laws allow you to donate money for all sorts of causes as legitimate 
expenses. Most are registered charities but there is quite a lot of freedom 
in small donations (other than to yourself or family).
LIz

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Little Fly,
Thy summer's play		If thought is life
My thoughtless hand		And strength & breath,
Has brush'd away.		And the want
				Of thought is death,
Am not I
A fly like thee?		Then am I
Or art not thou			A happy fly
A man like me?			If I live
				Or if I die.

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And drink & sing,
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.
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