Soon we’ll have a critical mass of people interested enough to make it happen! I’m looking to find out more about who specifically would need to be convinced, and who would need to be involved to make it happen. I presume it’s something that would have to be led out of Brussels (where I live), but it’s not immediately obvious who (or even what DG of the Commission) would be involved. But I’m sure someone would know, and we can then start pushing to make it happen. It’s such an obvious, positive step that it’s hard to imagine anyone objecting with the possible exception of existing charities who benefit from these exclusive rights—but I have enough faith that most people working in charities are not the type who would object to enabling others to get tax-benefits to achieve really important and impactful goals.
On further googling, there is actually an active proposal by the Commission! The proposed directive introduces a new type of legal form (the “European cross-border association”), which will make it a lot easier for non-profits to operate across the entire EEA.
However, at this stage, the issue of taxation is not addressed. The European Parliament is expected to work on the proposal before the election next year, so now may be a good time to call further attention to this :)
Soon we’ll have a critical mass of people interested enough to make it happen! I’m looking to find out more about who specifically would need to be convinced, and who would need to be involved to make it happen. I presume it’s something that would have to be led out of Brussels (where I live), but it’s not immediately obvious who (or even what DG of the Commission) would be involved. But I’m sure someone would know, and we can then start pushing to make it happen. It’s such an obvious, positive step that it’s hard to imagine anyone objecting with the possible exception of existing charities who benefit from these exclusive rights—but I have enough faith that most people working in charities are not the type who would object to enabling others to get tax-benefits to achieve really important and impactful goals.
On further googling, there is actually an active proposal by the Commission!
The proposed directive introduces a new type of legal form (the “European cross-border association”), which will make it a lot easier for non-profits to operate across the entire EEA.
However, at this stage, the issue of taxation is not addressed. The European Parliament is expected to work on the proposal before the election next year, so now may be a good time to call further attention to this :)
Wow, I hadn’t heard that. That’s good news.
Indeed, let’s see what we can do to impact this!