Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!randolph From: randolph@cognito.Eng.Sun.COM (Randolph Fritz) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Big Brother: A simple solution Message-ID: <10768@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 31 Mar 91 19:17:35 GMT References: Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: St. Dismas Infirmary for the Incurably Informed Lines: 16 Sean, currently small non-profits (annual revenues less than $5,000/year, which describes most BBSs) are simply ignored by the IRS. It takes about a year, and quite a bit of paperwork, to get recognized as non-profit by the IRS; that's if you're some type of organization they understand, which probably isn't the case for BBSs. Your recommendation would have what is called a "chilling effect" -- if you need a tax lawyer and a year's negotiation with the IRS to run a BBS at a reasonable price, most BBS operators will probably just not bother. nd t ou ui R Press T __Randolph Fritz sun!cognito.eng!randolph || randolph@eng.sun.com ou ui Mountain View, California, North America, Earth nd t