[5896] in APO Printshop
Re: MIT staff print job
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard H Tower Jr.)
Thu Jan 7 19:06:53 2010
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 19:06:49 -0500 (EST)
From: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>
To: Matthew S Goldstein <austein@MIT.EDU>
cc: "apo-printshop@mit.edu" <apo-printshop@MIT.EDU>
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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>
Subject: Re: MIT staff print job
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Hi Len,
I, for one, look forward to APO being known across campus and having no
student group unaware of our services.
there is nothing legal that prevents AX from providing mit student groups
with printing now to support their legal programs
but not private individuals, whether they are members of the MIT
Community or not
there are issues here beyond just collecting sales tax.
issues that kerri, based on what you have written, does not seem to
understand
the Chapter would be wise to consult beyond kerri and the SFAO
yiLFS -len=20
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On Thu, 7 Jan 2010, Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
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> sadly, kerri does not understand the law here
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> 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
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> 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
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> it be approprite for AX's president and treasurer to attend such meeti=
ngs
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> 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
> there
> 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 an=
other
> student group so she's been familiarizing herself with this. She sai=
d if
> we
> ask in a week or two she may have an easy way for us to report this a=
nd
> take
> the sales tax when needed.
> Meanwhile, there are two ways that we can do this for people at MIT=
=2E
> The first is to take techcash for the job - this is internal to MIT s=
o we
> avoid the tax issue.
> The second is to provide the service for free and accept a donation. =
While
> legal, Kerri suggested only doing this as a stopgap and recommended t=
he
> TechCash solution over it.
> As for external jobs from not-MIT people such as Mims' business car=
ds,
> 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=
the
> 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 personall=
y
> found the
> > last two emails helpful.
> > > Would it be possible for you to let us know why it's not allowe=
d? a
> quick
> > description like "because it's something you can go to a business f=
or
> and
> > the requestor is an individual/business" (or whatever the reason
> actually
> > is) would be great. A really quick description of why you recommen=
d
> > 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 pr=
ess
> > services to the correct audiences. It would also help those
> policy-minded
> > actives with crafting a good policy on the chapter providing fee-ba=
sed
> > services.
> > > Nothing long or time-intensive or even thorough -- just a quick
> sentence
> > that would help your brothers understand your no/maybe recommendati=
on.
> > > --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
> 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 ema=
il this
> > > address as I=92m interested in getting wedding invitations prin=
ted
> > > up. I=92d be interested in the invitation, response card,
> > > direction card and envelopes printed with return address. Than=
k
> > > you!
> > > > > Best,
> > > Jen
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