[Gllug] Tax write-offs

[Xander D Harkness]

If Microsoft 'give' away licences to libraries for web browsing then it
does cost them for a few copies of the windows CDs.

They may not give the support, they can charge and make a profit on
that.  It maybe they make more than the original sale.

If the libraries were intending to use Linux and Opera in fullscreen
mode then Bill can say, I have given away 20,000 x US$100 though it has
only cost him 1,000 x US$0.20 - One CD to each library with 2 computers
at 20c per duplication.

With US tax laws he gets what he pretends to give.

Cheers
Xander 


On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 14:50, robin.c.smith at bt.com wrote:
> In the USofA donations to charity count as $ for $ reduction to your tax
> bill. Effectivley you can say where your tax is spent.
> 
> Robin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: t.clarke [mailto:tim at seacon.co.uk]
> Sent: 09 November 2001 13:20
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: [Gllug] Tax write-offs
> 
> 
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> 
> Really never understood the '"it's a tax write-off so doesn't cost anything"
> theory !
> 
> If I give (eg) #100 to Oxfam (eg again) I can claim back the tax on it, so
> at the 22% rate I guess I am only #78 down.  But if I give nothing, then I
> am buggar-all down,  so where is the financial advantage of giving anything
> to charity ?
> 
> PS: I am NOT infering one shouldn't give !!
> 
> Tim
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