[Kdenlive-devel] Kdenlive Kickstarter

[Till Theato]

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On 01/09/2012 08:27 AM, Dan Dennedy wrote:
> 2012/1/8 Ernie Zahn <ernest.zahn at gmail.com>:
>> Are there any folks at the top of Kdenlive that are based out of
>> the U.S.? I'm just thinking for the sake of the account issue
>> with Kickstarter.
> 
> I am. But I need to look at the tax implications. I will have to 
> accept the funds as personal income or income to my company
> Meltytech LLC. Then, I will have to pay Till and whomever else. I
> have to get some tax help soon anyways, and I can ask about this -
> to figure out how much of the pledges will need to be set aside to
> pay taxes.

Hm, didn't consider that one. We'd then have to pay taxes twice (US
and Germany). In addition to a fee for Kickstarter + a fee for amazon
payment service (+ some transfer fees?).

Maybe it would be easier/better then to use another system. I just had
a look a IndieGoGo mentioned by Stefan Naumann and they also accept
accounts from other countries. We could then set up a bank account
inside the EU. This would make it possible to give multiple (EU +
Switzerland (Schengen Agreement?) based) people access to it.

@ Ernie: Since you already have experience with Kickstarter could you
please have a look at IndieGoGo? It seems alright to me...
> 
> I believe you may need to offer some kind of rewards on a
> Kickstarter project. Something else for you guys to discuss.

Nearly forgot that one. What could we offer?
Kdenlive t-shirts? A mention somewhere? Time to talk to the developers?

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