[Nemo_bis]

> the tax write offs Automattic will have been claiming for years

How? There's exactly zero dollars of donations from Automattic in the Wordpress Foundation financials. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/205...

(It would be quite defensible for Automattic to claim they're donating many millions in-kind every year, but they don't seem to be doing it.)

[that_guy_iain]

They'll be writing off all those contributions 4000 hours is a lot of hours.

[Nemo_bis]

Says who?

https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organiz...

[that_guy_iain]

It’s a guess since they’re keep track of hours of contributions. Development services are services under that irs doc, afaik.

[Nemo_bis]

It doesn't matter that Automattic keeps track. For the contribution to be fiscally relevant, the Foundation needs to keep track and release receips (and presumably report the totals somewhere).

[that_guy_iain]

And the foundation would keep track of it by Automattic saying this is how much work we did...