RIPE NCC needs to maintain its non-profit status (that's a requirement
as a RIR) and it is desirable to keep the current tax agreement.
Charging directly for resources would put this status at risk.
This is pure nonsense.
RIPE is already charging AS numbers
directly; why is it possible to charge AS numbers without
affecting current "tax agreement" (*), but this would be
impossible for IPV4?!?!
About taxes: every european country has
its own tax rules to limit or eliminate the tax impact of services
provided to members of a non-profit; I guess this happens also in
the Netherlands...
(*) Is it really possible to sign a "tax
agreement" with the tax authorities in the Netherland? In
civilized countries, existing tax rules are usually respected,
without the need for specific and particular agreements...
