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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 7:05 PM, Edward Morris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:egmorris1@toast.net" target="_blank">egmorris1@toast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',Sans-Serif;font-size:14px"><div>Hi everyone,</div>
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<div>ICANN has released it's U.S. FY 2016 tax return (Form 990). It can be found here:</div>
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<div><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/fy-2016-form-990-15mar17-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/<wbr>system/files/files/fy-2016-<wbr>form-990-15mar17-en.pdf</a></div>
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<div>Unlike budgets and operating plans, tax disclosures tend to be factual without the public relations gloss present in the other documents. I'd encourage people to take a look at the numbers for themselves.</div>
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<div>Of particular interest to many NCSG members may be the spending differential reported between various regions of the world. Equitable is not the word that comes to mind. Many expenses that may be related to the transition - lobbying, for example, as well monies paid to law firms not named Jones Day, will likely be elevated as well in FY17 but we would expect a decline in FY18. We need to monitor to make sure that happens. The selections of projects and institutions selected for donations paid for by ICANN is also quite interesting. In certain cases, it does appear to help to have former ICANN Board members heading your project or institution. We may want to get some explanation about how the choices about what to fund and what not to fund are made. </div>
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<div>I wanted to get the link out there to everyone ASAP, so I've only had a quick look at the data. Lots to look at and think about. </div>
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<div>Kind Regards,</div>
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<div>Ed Morris</div>
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