<div dir="ltr"><div>I have a few to add.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Aside from VAT, would K8 take the necessary steps to ensure that the tax treatment of the reimbursements (particularly across national boundaries) doesn't result in withholdings on the reimbursements when they are expensible by recipients? Is there a way to avoid imputing taxable income to people lacking a business rationale for their attendance at the conference?</div><div><br></div><div>Does K8 support this year's event such that some portion of the 15% fee might actually go towards it? In that case, it might not be as big a loss as it seems.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Dave Crossland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@lab6.com" target="_blank">dave@lab6.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Hi</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I spoke with Soenke :) Some questions for him/me/us to answer :)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">1. SZ: What is the effect for K8 if the deal is a sponsorship, not a donation?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">1b. DC: A sponsorship draft agreement should be shared fro Dave to review what the obligations on K8, and for the LGM, will be. I'll try to do that in the next few days :)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">1c. SZ: Will K8 be able to provide video recording of the event and publication within a reasonable timeframe? </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">2. SZ: If the money is coming from outside the EU, will VAT be due (hopefully no)?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">2b. SZ: Can K8 provide a W8BEN form (<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=w8+ben" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/<wbr>search?q=w8+ben</a>)?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">3. SZ: What if someone from the LGM community wants to adminster the funds; could K8 reduce or share the 15% with them?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">4. LGM: How would LGM want to set up the bursary? </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Cheers<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>Dave</font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div>
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