Cohousing-L Mailing List: "legality/profit/tax" response

[C2pattee (C2pattee]

i notice that the baffled-sounding question about legal issues comes from 
australia.  i would be surprised if there is *any* correspondence between the 
legal systems of australia and the united states.  we here in the usa generate 
a *lot* of legal claptrap that i have to believe you aussies would just laugh 
at!  (at least, everything seemed much simpler in new zealand when i visited 
there.)  if you're really concerned, ask a lawyer in your own country.  better 
yet, plug in that antipodean 'can do' attitude and just do it!

christine patttee
greater hartford connecticut cohousing group

> Message: 2
> From: "Robyn Williams" <pov [at] iinet.net.au>
> To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_renting common house to outsiders
> Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 09:21:56 +0800
> Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> 
> Hello
> 
> I'm a little overwhelmed by the "legality/profit/tax" response to renting
> the common house.  What is the activity of the hirer, how often, how
> visible, how much do you want to charge?
> 
> Can it be done as a donation?  A fund-raiser?  In kind?
> 
> A cooking instructor has asked to use our C/H kitchen for her small group.
> Her income from the class is low.  We've asked that she cooks (with helpers)
> a dinner for the community in return.  Another person wants to use the space
> for a small, weekly yoga class - not sure where we're going with that one -
> possibly a small cash donation.
> 
> Is it possible to keep it simple?
> 
> Robyn Williams
> Pinakarri Community
> Fremantle, Western Australia
> 
> www.pinakarri.org.au
> 

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