[5895] in APO Printshop
Re: MIT staff print job
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew S Goldstein)
Thu Jan 7 18:50:40 2010
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 18:50:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Matthew S Goldstein <austein@MIT.EDU>
To: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>
cc: "apo-printshop@mit.edu" <apo-printshop@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64L.1001071803210.27819@mass-toolpike.mit.edu>
This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text,
while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools.
---1743620352-1355757785-1262908252=:466
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE
Hi Len,
I believe that is the office Kerri is working with to take sales tax for=20
us. As much as it may seem to you that she does not understand the law,=20
it is her job to manage the finances for MIT's student groups and MIT=20
provides the resources necssary to do this. The tax laws seem long and=20
complicated and I'm grateful you and Ellen are familiar enough to point=20
things out. Thankfully, Kerri is able to go one step further and find a=20
way for us to provide the service we want to. If she, as MIT, gives us a=
=20
way to accept sales tax or similarly legally provide services, I see no=20
reason not to - after all, if we don't in that situation, when would we?
I, for one, look forward to APO being known across campus and having no=20
student group unaware of our services.
--Matt
On Thu, 7 Jan 2010, Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
> sadly, kerri does not understand the law here
>
> i suggest you arrange to speak with whomever is responsible for filing
> the part of MIT's federal tax return for reporting non-related
> business income. i believe it's form 990-T. ditto for sales tax.
> they should be in MIT's Office of the Vice President of Finance
>
> they should be able to tell what is needed to fulfill mit's reporting
> requirements, and to pass you on to whomever decides on whether AX
> should be allowed to generate such income, and under what
> requirements
>
> it be approprite for AX's president and treasurer to attend such meetings
>
> yiLFS -len
> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 16:43:03 -0500 (EST)
> From: Matthew S Goldstein <austein@MIT.EDU>
> To: Jennifer Tu <jtu@MIT.EDU>
> Cc: Leonard H Tower Jr. <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>,
> "apo-printshop@mit.edu" <apo-printshop@MIT.EDU>
> Subject: Re: MIT staff print job
> I stopped by SAFO today to ask Kerri about this since it seems like th=
ere
> must be a way.
> As Ellen's mail indicated, taking sales tax is complicated. But it's
> possible! Kerri has been looking into doing something similar for anoth=
er
> student group so she's been familiarizing herself with this. She said i=
f=20
> we
> ask in a week or two she may have an easy way for us to report this and=
=20
> take
> the sales tax when needed.
> Meanwhile, there are two ways that we can do this for people at MIT.
> The first is to take techcash for the job - this is internal to MIT so w=
e
> avoid the tax issue.
> The second is to provide the service for free and accept a donation. Whi=
le
> legal, Kerri suggested only doing this as a stopgap and recommended the
> TechCash solution over it.
> As for external jobs from not-MIT people such as Mims' business cards,=
=20
> she
> suggested we hold off until we can accept sales tax
> Anyway, this was all just a quick meeting with Kerri since i was in th=
e
> building when I saw this. Cat, it's up to you what you want to do.
> --Matt
> On Thu, 7 Jan 2010, Jennifer Tu wrote:
> > Hi Len,
> > > Thanks for providing this information to everyone. I personally=
=20
> found the
> > last two emails helpful.
> > > Would it be possible for you to let us know why it's not allowed? =
a=20
> quick
> > description like "because it's something you can go to a business for =
and
> > the requestor is an individual/business" (or whatever the reason actua=
lly
> > is) would be great. A really quick description of why you recommend
> > turning away a job would both help ops learn why we can or can't do
> > something, which would make each of us better at publicizing the press
> > services to the correct audiences. It would also help those=20
> policy-minded
> > actives with crafting a good policy on the chapter providing fee-based
> > services.
> > > Nothing long or time-intensive or even thorough -- just a quick=20
> sentence
> > that would help your brothers understand your no/maybe recommendation.
> > > --Jennifer
> > > On Thu, 7 Jan 2010, Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
> > > > hi cat et all
> > > > > this job is beyond what AX is allowed to do under the tax=20
> exemptions
> > > we have as part of mit
> > > > > yiLFS -len
> > > > > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 15:20:29 -0500
> > > From: Jennifer Cook <jacook@MIT.EDU>
> > > To: "apo-printshop@mit.edu" <apo-printshop@mit.edu>
> > > Subject: MIT staff print job
> > > > > Hello!
> > > > > I=92ve just met with Matthew Goldstein and he said to email =
this
> > > address as I=92m interested in getting wedding invitations printed
> > > up. I=92d be interested in the invitation, response card,
> > > direction card and envelopes printed with return address. Thank
> > > you!
> > > > > Best,
> > > Jen
>
---1743620352-1355757785-1262908252=:466--
