Re: IETF registration fees...

Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@hallambaker.com> Tue, 10 May 2016 12:26 UTC

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Subject: Re: IETF registration fees...
From: Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@hallambaker.com>
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So you are saying that Michael's 'odometer experience' is what allows him
to save money!

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Mary Barnes <mary.h.barnes@gmail.com> wrote:

> The website suggested that for companies the minimum is $1000.  So, this
> means likely that those without a large corporate will not be able to
> recover the fee.
>
> Regards,
> Mary
>
>
> On Monday, May 9, 2016, 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.
>>
>> The Goog shows a couple of companies that say they handle tax refunds
>> for North Americans going to European conferences but they're vague
>> about what's the minimum amount worth handling.
>>
>> R's,
>> John
>>
>>
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