Re: IETF registration fees...
Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Mon, 09 May 2016 21:26 UTC
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From: Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca>
To: "John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com>
Subject: Re: IETF registration fees...
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Date: Mon, 09 May 2016 17:26:39 -0400
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John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote: >> I knew that IETF registration fees had gone up from the $500USD of yore. >> $700USD isn't so bad... but there is 19% VAT on it, so $833USD. >> That's ~$1100 CDN. Tripping over the $1000 CDN mark is a big >> psychological >> impact. I guess it would have been worse if the CDN wasn't on the >> "rebound" > Germany has a reciprocal VAT agreement with Canada. You may be able > to get the VAT on the registration fee and other business expenses in > Germany such as your hotel bill refunded. If it's really a reciprocal VAT agreement, then I can just declare it as an input tax credit (ITC). I will probably do just that and let the audit fall where it may. It's not so much the existence of the tax, as it is the 1000 odometer experience. -- Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>ca>, Sandelman Software Works -= IPv6 IoT consulting =-
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