[NBLUG/talk] An "Open Source Tax Credit" report - useful?

[Derek B. Noonburg]

Hey Brad,

Sounds interesting!  Would you be willing to do an informal short talk
at the May meeting?

- Derek


On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 06:27:12 -0700, Brad Morrison
<bradmorrison at sonic.net> wrote:

> Hi NBLUG,
> 
> I started a new job at a local tax and wealth management firm in 
> February and now that tax season is over I had the time to poke
> around the internet and try to learn more about what open source
> accounting software there is. While doing that I stumbled upon the
> 2006 report "An Open Source Tax Credit" 
> (https://www.americanprogress.org/article/an-open-source-tax-credit/) 
> about how developing an open source tax credit for developers who are 
> not self employed, but still contribute to open source projects would
> be beneficial. Currently, self employed individuals and corporations
> may already take a deduction for their development expenses related
> to open source development, but this proposal would apply to other
> contributors that are not in that position.
> 
> I'm curious if this would help out anyone in NBLUG with their various 
> contributions to open source projects - ? How helpful would this 
> incentive be to open source projects and the open source community? 
> Honestly, I am not even sure how many members NBLUG has overall, how 
> many of those contribute to open source projects, how many are not
> self employed, etc. much less how much of a difference this would
> make to national or international projects. But anything that could
> incentivize more open source development is exciting in my book.
> 
> Any commentary/insights/thoughts are welcome!
> 
> Brad