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X.Org Foundation Loses 501(c)3 Non-Profit Status
An anonymous reader writes "The X.Org Foundation, which drives the X.Org Server projects, Mesa, and Wayland open-source programs, had its tax-exempt status revoked by the IRS. It turns out the X.Org Foundation had put in quite a lot of work to become a non-profit organization, with guidance from the Software Freedom Law Center. They got in trouble after failing to routinely file their taxes on time. There's also been a host of other X.Org accounting errors in recent years. There was also the recent news of the IRS going after open-source projects, too."
"We should tax all foreigners living abroad." - Monty Python
The British Empire did this successfully for hundreds of years. It's a pretty good revenue model, don't knock it.
You've got to expect a little scrutiny from the taxman if you explicitly name your organization after a group that didn't like paying their lawful taxes.
How hard is it to file your taxes on time?
How hard is it to deliver your release on time?
Hey, we're software folks . . . we just don't deliver on time. The IRS should know this, and cut all software folks some slack on that April 15th date.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Yes, Microsoft sent lobbyists to X.Org to prevent them from filing their paperwork on time.
...Oracle employee...
I should have known.
Filing a tax return on time is a complicated rule that's too hard to follow?
No, but the way they keep moving April 15th to a different day of the week every year sure is hard to keep up with!