Basic information to money donations
- Donations are voluntary and unpaid donations to a Non-Profit organization, a non-profit organization or a registered Association.
- Churches and other organizations with a cultural Background are not among them.
- According to ยง10b of the income tax act donations tax-free, which means you can reduce your tax to the explanation of their reported income to be donated
- Up to 200 Euro a proof, for example, in the Form of a Bank statement or a Deposit receipt is sufficient. At higher amounts, a donation receipt is required.
Online money donations
- Well-known organizations, where online cash donations can are Doctors without borders , or "Aktion Deutschland hilft".
- Types of payment are usually credit card, Bank Transfer, PayPal or direct debit. Make sure that the organization is offering an encrypted SSL connection. The will be announced in the rule, and is seen from the fact that the address bar in the Browser starts with "https://". To give you unencrypted your account information.
- Some organizations, such as Wikimedia also offer donations via SMS to. Here is your mobile phone bill or your Prepaid credit with 5 euros plus SMS will be charged to cost of, of which, with 4.83 euros of Wikimedia flow. Such a donation is not tax-deductible.
- In many organizations the project to be financially supported is very specific. The Diakonie of Bavaria , for instance, "aid to flood victims in Germany", "partnership working Ukraine" or "aid to Mali".
- Reputable organizations offer you information, so you know where your money is used.
- Not infrequently, you can choose whether you want to regular donations. In the case of the McDonald's children's aid you can one-time, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annually in respect of a particular house/project donations or the money to where it is needed.
- Starting at 200 Euro you are always issued a receipt or certificate, often in smaller amounts.
- If you are not an organization know that your concern is slow, you can betterplace.org organizations and fundraising campaigns for keywords, names, or places, or manually viewing. Here you can make your donation.
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A further, and perhaps life-saving opportunity online to "donate" it, the Federal centre for health education, an organ donor card to print.
