<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Stefi<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">PIR said they needed a taxpayer number to make their contribution. We went back and forth on this (new requirement, they and other donors never asked before) and they concluded they could do without this time but will need it from next year, so Milton filed. There are a bunch of interrelated questions about what this means that I can’t answer as I don’t know the US tax code, but MM and Robin know more and we’ll sort them out and report when able. IF we stick with the fragmented constituency/SG model then NCUC might have to become a legal entity (and maybe even have to report income and file a tax return?). If instead we could get structural change out of the new Board SIC then that’d take us down another path. All to be sorted after we see how the GNSO review and accountability discussions play out.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 5, 2015, at 6:32 AM, Milan, Stefania <<a href="mailto:Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu" class="">Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Hi Milton<br class="">thanks for taking action and for notifying us.<br class="">Would it not be possible for NCUC to arrange for the option of tax-deductible contributions?<br class="">Now, this might be a silly question but I am not familiar with prior discussions on the topic, nor with the legal/admin implications of a move of this kind. In sum, send me to hell if needed.<br class="">Cheers, Stefi<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">________________________________________<br class="">Da: <a href="mailto:ncuc-ec-bounces@lists.ncuc.org" class="">ncuc-ec-bounces@lists.ncuc.org</a> <<a href="mailto:ncuc-ec-bounces@lists.ncuc.org" class="">ncuc-ec-bounces@lists.ncuc.org</a>> per conto di Milton L Mueller <<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu" class="">mueller@syr.edu</a>><br class="">Inviato: lunedì 4 maggio 2015 19.46<br class="">A: Exec. Comm<br class="">Oggetto: [NCUC-EC] bank account changes<br class=""><br class="">I have applied for an EIN (U.S. government federal taxpayer ID number) in the name of NCUC<br class="">It cost $149 or something like that.<br class="">It does not mean people can make tax-deductible contributions to us, but PIR says we need it to continue receiving their contributions.<br class="">It will also make it easier for me to move the NCUC bank account to a bank with direct international wire transfers. Which I plan to do.<br class="">I will keep you updated on that.<br class=""><br class="">Milton L. Mueller<br class="">Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor<br class="">Syracuse University School of Information Studies<br class=""><a href="http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/mueller/Home.html" class="">http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/mueller/Home.html</a><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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