[tor-bugs] #31342 [Webpages/Website]: Tor donor FAQ gives advice that may be illegal

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#31342: Tor donor FAQ gives advice that may be illegal
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 Reporter:  aliraheem  |          Owner:  hiro
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium     |      Component:  Webpages/Website
  Version:             |       Severity:  Normal
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 The Tor donor FAQ could be seen to suggest breaking up payments to avoid
 being identified to IRS/governments/tax authorities.
 Could this be considered potentially against the law in some jurisdictions
 as per structuring laws?
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuring#Definition

 Item 23 of https://donate.torproject.org/donor-faq quoted below.

 == Is the Tor Project required to identify me as a donor to the United
 States government, or to any other authority? ==
 If you donate $5,000 or more to the Tor Project in a single year, we are
 required to report the donation amount and your name and address (if we
 have it) to the IRS, on Schedule B of the Form 990, which is filed
 annually. However, it's normal for nonprofits to redact individual donor
 information from the copy of the 990 that's made publicly-available, and
 that's what we do. We are not required to identify donors to any other
 organization or authority, and we do not. **(Also, if you wanted, you
 could give us $4,999 in late 2018 and $4,999 in early 2019.)**

 Emphasis added.

 Perhaps the last line in parenthesis could be left unsaid?

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