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'''See also, [[Tax history]]'''
=Updates=
In July, 2013 some of our folks spoke with potential fiscal sponsors (The School Factory & Noisebridge). Here was the result of the discussion with Noisebridge: http://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-discuss/2013-July/thread.html#3141 (this thread also includes some concerns & thoughts from a few of the sudoers).
=Situation=
The current situation, based on a confluence of factors, is as follows:
* sudo room has many reasons to [[incorporate]] and select a tax structure, including but not limited to:
*# forming partnerships with other entities ([[Fiscal Sponsors]], [http://www.counterculturelabs.org/ Counter Culture Labs], the [http://thepublicschool.org/ Public School]), etc
*# the ability to put sudo room's name on rental contracts / leases
*# purchase goods and services as sudo room
*# avoid individual member liability, benefit from corporate liability
*# purchase insurance of various sorts
*# generally conduct business in a more consistent and unified fashion
*# operate with greater overall expenditure (bigger budget).
=Research=
Below are some notes from multiple efforts of research on the various tax structure statues that would be of benefit to the sudo room community and hacker space.
==Unincorporated Options==
It's not neccessary to incorporate to do some things. As a voluntary membership association, a group is exercising its right to free association, protected by common law derived from the first amendment.
=== Associations ===
=== Associations ===
*Read about (high-level): [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_association Voluntary Associations], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_association Freedom of Association], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_association Cooperatives], which can fall under various classifications below.
*Read about (high-level): [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_association Voluntary Associations], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_association Freedom of Association], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_association Cooperatives], which can fall under various classifications below.
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***[http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/be/forms.htm#misc Relevant forms].
***[http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/be/forms.htm#misc Relevant forms].
**[http://www.clrc.ca.gov/B501.html Review of law for Californian Unincorporated Associations] (circa 2004).
**[http://www.clrc.ca.gov/B501.html Review of law for Californian Unincorporated Associations] (circa 2004).
==Incorporation Options==


=== Non-profit ===
=== Non-profit ===

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