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On 7/3/19 12:47 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 2:12 AM Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@g.o> wrote: |
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>> At an outward glance, this does imply that some umbrellas would be |
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>> cheaper than a CPA, while others would be more expensive; but the |
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>> equation is more complicated, because we need to be careful about the |
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>> accounting of services that the umbrella would provide. |
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>> The equation therefore should be more of: |
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>> Cost(Umbrella) vs [Umbrella baseline without umbrella-provided expenses] |
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> You also need to consider the tax savings themselves if the umbrella |
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> is 501c3. That is also a percentage of the net (the CPA costs being |
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> deductible most likely). |
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It depends on the type of income, iirc e.g GSoC wouldn't be tax exempt |
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in either case. Same for royalties from sale of merchandise |
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> You also need to consider services that we would receive that we |
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> currently lack. After all, Gentoo hasn't spent a dime on CPAs for a |
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> long time, but that was hardly a true savings. |
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Also needs to account for potentially higher future earnings, we haven't |
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actually been doing active fundraising. |
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