If I donate XMR to e.g. the developers of a free software project, how are taxes handled? Is the developer assumed to report his profits to the state and handle the taxes or do most devs just keep 100% of the donation?

If it would somehow be made public that I donated x amount to a dev and that neither of us payed taxes, would the dev be taken accountable or me or both of us?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

XMR donations to the MAGIC Monero Fund, which funds Monero research and development, are tax deductible for the donor if you file taxes in the USA: https://monerofund.org/ . Or donations can be made anonymously in XMR if donors do not care about making tax deductions.

Recipients of funds, i.e. devs and researchers, must KYC to MAGIC. It's a system that works for some devs. Others can use Monero's Community Crowdsoucing System (CCS).

(I'm on the MAGIC Monero Fund committee.)