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Re: IETF in July

Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@alumni.stanford.edu> Wed, 25 March 2020 00:37 UTC

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Hi -

On 3/24/2020 5:31 PM, Toerless Eckert wrote:
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> Hmm.. interesting. Does this mean a scheme where everybody would be
> freely giving conributions instead of meeting registration fees would
> be potentially quite tax advantageous for US participants ?
> Or is there some part that would make such an approach not legal ?

In the US, if you receive some tangible benefit in return for
a donation (e.g. you get fed at a benefit dinner) you must
subtract the value of what you receive from the amount of the
donation before deducting it.

Randy

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