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> the tax write offs Automattic will have been claiming for years How? There's exactly zero dollars of donations from Automattic in the Wordpress Foundation fi
by Nemo_bis 2y ago
> the tax write offs Automattic will have been claiming for years
How? There's exactly zero dollars of donations from Automattic in the Wordpress Foundation financials.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/205498932 https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/205...
(It would be quite defensible for Automattic to claim they're donating many millions in-kind every year, but they don't seem to be doing it.)
- that_guy_iain 2y agoThey'll be writing off all those contributions 4000 hours is a lot of hours.
- Nemo_bis 2y agoSays who? https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/charitable-contributions-written-acknowledgments https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organiz...
- that_guy_iain 2y agoIt’s a guess since they’re keep track of hours of contributions. Development services are services under that irs doc, afaik.
- Nemo_bis 2y agoIt doesn't matter that Automattic keeps track. For the contribution to be fiscally relevant, the Foundation needs to keep track and release receips (and presumably report the totals somewhere).
- that_guy_iain 2y agoAnd the foundation would keep track of it by Automattic saying this is how much work we did...