From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1B40138334 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2019 10:48:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F2572E0827; Wed, 3 Jul 2019 10:48:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pf1-f178.google.com (mail-pf1-f178.google.com [209.85.210.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A6860E0827; Wed, 3 Jul 2019 10:48:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pf1-f178.google.com with SMTP id r1so1056049pfq.12; Wed, 03 Jul 2019 03:48:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=CJwx7taJyBZc/AMwZfr2+4XRB0QCVA7F2X7ZsjWKOHs=; b=th5afpPnrojpP0avPInVIUbflxIVSsoRX/R5xinOX5htY2NMXf9En4Pk+4eeOVWvLa zyB/0Gl498FfDfmr2SKE30wMQWYPnXC+azgRR0L7sP1qoivJhiIizTNaijNEP/qLxJw6 3HpcXrFEyjqPhuolu4O17oRg3Mkbbff3hRcq96yJJOqr8iBqyZfO/DNB8PUzGS5irOqC v9oHmP8IBSUy5jexDOIcl3mq6r7yYXzNyBIGjSFjO+KPbFebWJMTcSHQ8dLgMjpYB47s ThccIFYRExiBDFO8PcGDn0oLXOEm+BOPSqcw/oIGvuOLHeq7mpH3cl/TUsoFSGsLcp4K XCng== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVF0aIpobhNrtbeewrSx7KRmk98/JR0DsEreZwZdn/srznAJN/7 19VONfH2HL0+fn98GY1jWSwy3q7uP4krL73iOUOQyg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyVfkrahHgHcjf6Mz9VyZcZ9dcKkdpOFR3pwr9yCrFEd2GIjDUtj3drJmqvJXtDmVK/FMgj30kRRDqcLzkRhVQ= X-Received: by 2002:a65:5a44:: with SMTP id z4mr23074466pgs.41.1562150885108; Wed, 03 Jul 2019 03:48:05 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <86784617.NvtdGxuBOO@pinacolada> In-Reply-To: From: Rich Freeman Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 06:47:54 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: [gentoo-nfp] Re: [gentoo-project] Questions for Gentoo Council nominees: Gentoo Foundation - Treasurer Response! To: gentoo-project Cc: gentoo-nfp Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 1561eb84-3699-425b-880a-83939690f7a6 X-Archives-Hash: f40f348297ed458ca1ca7fa493cb65f2 On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 2:12 AM Robin H. Johnson wrote: > > At an outward glance, this does imply that some umbrellas would be > cheaper than a CPA, while others would be more expensive; but the > equation is more complicated, because we need to be careful about the > accounting of services that the umbrella would provide. > > The equation therefore should be more of: > Cost(Umbrella) vs [Umbrella baseline without umbrella-provided expenses] > You also need to consider the tax savings themselves if the umbrella is 501c3. That is also a percentage of the net (the CPA costs being deductible most likely). You also need to consider services that we would receive that we currently lack. After all, Gentoo hasn't spent a dime on CPAs for a long time, but that was hardly a true savings. -- Rich