IRS: Yorba Open Source Software Project Must Pay Taxes

Posted by Mcusanelli on Jul 8, 2014 5:20 AM EDT
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The IRS has rejected a tax-exempt application from the Yorba open source software project, setting a precedent that could affect organizations from Mozilla to the Linux kernel to Red Hat.

Should open source software projects that give their products away freely have to pay taxes? Although the answer to that question traditionally has been "no," the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may be changing its mind, if the case of the Yorba desktop Linux software project is an indication.

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