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<blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 7687956" data-attributes="member: 2732"><p>None of the members are being billed any salary at all. According to that tax return, that is time they are spending but they are not being compensated at all, in other words, all three parties are doing that work as volunteer time. So you really can't accuse any of them of getting a salary "for no work". There's no money being transferred there. I strongly suspect that will remain the same for the 2014 and 2015 tax returns as well. Signs of "funny business" would be high salaries for each of the members.</p><p></p><p>As far as around $1000.00 being a "dick move"--the expenses of any corp of this type are deductible and can and should be calculated. $250 dollars for office supplies? Wow, obvious proof of over-inflated expenses! Meeting costs--Gail's relatives are on the east coast, perhaps its the cost of phone meetings? The web hosting could reasonably cost 25-50 per month, web domains alone can cost a bit to renew each year, etc. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We have no knowledge of the trust or it's members or beneficiaries--she could be setting this up for Alex, for instance, or she's using a revocable trust to protect things legally in the future, especially since she's had health issues (as the last official memorial site update explains). Or perhaps there's a revocable trust to make sure both areas are clearly kept separate, as opposed to just reporting the IP related stuff as a regular income. </p><p></p><p>Trusts are better explained here:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_law" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_law</a></p><p></p><p>I don't think the existence of a revocable trust in itself is proof of "funny business"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnRTroy, post: 7687956, member: 2732"] None of the members are being billed any salary at all. According to that tax return, that is time they are spending but they are not being compensated at all, in other words, all three parties are doing that work as volunteer time. So you really can't accuse any of them of getting a salary "for no work". There's no money being transferred there. I strongly suspect that will remain the same for the 2014 and 2015 tax returns as well. Signs of "funny business" would be high salaries for each of the members. As far as around $1000.00 being a "dick move"--the expenses of any corp of this type are deductible and can and should be calculated. $250 dollars for office supplies? Wow, obvious proof of over-inflated expenses! Meeting costs--Gail's relatives are on the east coast, perhaps its the cost of phone meetings? The web hosting could reasonably cost 25-50 per month, web domains alone can cost a bit to renew each year, etc. We have no knowledge of the trust or it's members or beneficiaries--she could be setting this up for Alex, for instance, or she's using a revocable trust to protect things legally in the future, especially since she's had health issues (as the last official memorial site update explains). Or perhaps there's a revocable trust to make sure both areas are clearly kept separate, as opposed to just reporting the IP related stuff as a regular income. Trusts are better explained here: [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_law[/url] I don't think the existence of a revocable trust in itself is proof of "funny business" [/QUOTE]
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