New – WikiLeaks donations now tax deductible EU wide

BERND PULCH, WIKILEAKS 1 Minute 
Wau-Holland-Stiftung (WHS), named in memory of the German philosopher and net
activist Wau Holland, has been collecting donations for WikiLeaks since 2009. In the
immediate aftermath of WikiLeaks publication of the US diplomatic cables in 2010,
not only did PayPal arbitrarily shut down the WHS donations account, but the
tax-exempt status of the Foundation was challenged as well.

It took almost two years of negotiations with German tax authorities to strike a
deal: Tax exemption (charitable status) will be granted again going forward and
going back to 2011, but not for 2010. (See: "Taxing Transparency", Der Spiegel, 13
Nov 2012).

Therefore, citizens of EU member states will be able to donate to WikiLeaks
operations through WHS and in addition, write the donation off from their income
tax. This is because of a ruling of the European Court in 2009 (Decision C-318_07),
which mandates that every member state must honour the tax exemption decision of any
other member state.

And this is how you make a money transfer to support WikiLeaks:

Recipient: Wau Holland Stiftung
  Bank: Commerzbank Kassel, Kƶnigsplatz 32-34, 34117 Kassel, Germany
  IBAN: DE46 5204 0021 0277 2812 04
  BIC/SWIFT: COBADEFF520
  Reference: WikiLeaks or Project 04 if you prefer
  add your e-mail or postal address to receive a tax-deductible donation receipt.

Hamburg, 26. Nov 2012 Wau-Holland-Stiftung http://www.wauland.de

Other methods of donation:
https://shop.wikileaks.org/donate
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