There might be
inaccuracies in Messari's report, however, that does not remove the real agenda behind setting up a foundation. Tax savings on estate, income tax savings, capital gains tax savings. Also, the assets in the foundation are under Chris Larsen's control.
Wealthy people have been doing this scheme to
avoid taxes for many years. Chris Larsen should keep quiet.
A recent report published by Messari claimed that Ripple is using its affiliated charity foundations as a shelter for corporate and executive taxes. The report itself cited an Elliptic report which tied XRP to illicit activity worth $400 million. Messari added that Ripple is obfuscating the fact that the 2.2 billion XRP it counts as circulating supply are currently locked in long-term restricted selling agreements. It said,
“According to the Foundation’s (public) Form 990, during its fiscal year 2018 (year ended April 30, 2018), the Ripple Foundation for Financial Innovation (nee RippleWorks), the entity affiliated with Ripple and its co-founder Chris Larsen, granted exactly $0 to other charities out of a staggering $1.2 billion AUM.”
Chris Larsen, Co-founder and Executive Chairman at Ripple, was quick to respond to the report, with Larsen claiming that the Messari report contained inaccuracies, adding that RippleWorks had donated over $25 million to support incredible social ventures. Alongside a link to RippleWorks’ portfolio, Larsen said,
“Doug Galen and I first set up RippleWorks to be an operating foundation, meaning we supported charitable work with our projects program vs. giving money.”Read in full https://eng.ambcrypto.com/ripple-co-founder-chris-larsen-responds-to-scathing-report/Read Messari report https://messari.io/article/ripple-s-tax-shelter-xrp-schemesRead foundation benefits https://www.foundationsource.com/learn-about-foundations/benefits-of-a-private-foundation/
