Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: common house use by outside groups

[Diana Carroll (dianaecarroll]

No, from the IRS perspective it makes no difference whether you call it a
"fee" or a "donation" or anything else, it's taxable or not according to
which tax form you file and what the money was for. (Unless you are a non
profit which we discussed a few weeks ago).

I don't know about the insurance question but I'm sure of the taxes. I've
done our tax returns since we started doing them.

On Sunday, July 5, 2015, Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> wrote:

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> > On Jul 5, 2015, at 1:54 PM, John Carver <jcarver [at] islandnet.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
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> > On 05/07/2015 8:46 AM, Diana Carroll wrote:
> >> On Sunday, July 5, 2015, John Carver <jcarver [at] islandnet.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
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> >>> . There is no fee but an appropriate donation is expected.
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> >> What is the difference between a fee and an expected donation?
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> > A fee would be a fixed amount or rate, documented in rules or bylaws.
> "Expected donation" means if you're going to use our space we hope you'll
> help pay towards the cost. There are guidelines for what might be
> appropriate.
> >
> > Then again, "it's all in how you look at it.”
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> It may not be. Setting fees is renting and may incur insurance costs and
> liability that donations don’t. It would be complicated by charging fees to
> people who are not associated with the community vs those who are.
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> With the IRS, I think intent plays a role, but with insurance there are
> set rules. A car once ran into me broadside on a parking lot. Both our
> premiums were increased because “parking lot accidents are always both
> drivers' fault.”
>
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
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