> Whether or not they can claim it is an expense is probably important to the company, so something like a support contract is much more useful than a sticker (I really, can't imagine how to declare a sticker from a non-partner as an expense...)

+100 - absolutely bang on target.

> TL;DR: giving him an invoice (especially for a service) will make it easy for him to pay you, but will make things complicated for your taxes. It only makes sense if you think you will make a lot of money.

Question - is it easier to take and account for donations ? that's what I dont understand. In India, donations are taxable as income - in fact they are a bigger pain to account for (gift tax) than normal business income. So the question is not "nothing vs invoice" - it is "donation vs invoice"

The whole point of this thread from Krita was that they thought they were exempt ...but got screwed badly because they ran afoul of tax laws. Is this not a case of better safe than sorry : Dont take any money ... or do it the right way ?