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annual_report [2016/04/20 14:09] – [Openness and Transparency] Carlos Pedrazaannual_report [2019/01/28 05:39] (current) – Carlos Pedraza
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 <wrap lo>//See also: [[analysis_reply|Axanar Response to Annual Report Analysis]]//</wrap> <wrap lo>//See also: [[analysis_reply|Axanar Response to Annual Report Analysis]]//</wrap>
  
-On December 15, 2015, producer [[Alec Peters]] issued a revised **Annual Report,** a 23-page document to its donors, outlining the [[Axanar Productions]]' finances covering the //[[Prelude to Axanar]]// and //[[Axanar]]// [[crowdfunding platforms|Kickstarter campaigns]].+<WRAP> 
 +//**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]]**</wrap> 
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 +On [[http://www.axanarproductions.com/revised-axanar-annual-report-released/|December 15, 2015]], producer [[Alec Peters]] issued a revised **Annual Report,** a 23-page document to donors, outlining the [[Axanar Productions]]' finances covering the //[[Prelude to Axanar]]// and //[[Axanar]]// [[crowdfunding platforms|Kickstarter campaigns]].
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 Upon the report's release, Peters praised its demonstration of Axanar's openness and transparency: Upon the report's release, Peters praised its demonstration of Axanar's openness and transparency:
  
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-**DOWNLOAD** the Axanar Annual Report, 2015, Revised. {{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|2.1 MB PDF}}+<fs smaller>**DOWNLOAD** the Axanar Annual Report, 2015, Revised. {{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|2.1 MB PDF}}</fs>
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-<wrap lo>**SIGNIFICANTLY, THOUGH**, was how salary data was obscured. Few job positions are specified, some employees' wages are bundled together with non-personnel costs, expenses are sometimes vaguely described, requiring additional research to discover they were actually personnel-related. Also, it's not clear whether other personnel were inappropriately paid as independent contractors instead of employees, a common problem among independent film productions. \\+<wrap lo>**SIGNIFICANT, THOUGH**, was how salary data was obscured. Few job positions are specified, some employees' wages are bundled together with non-personnel costs, expenses are sometimes vaguely described, requiring additional research to discover they were actually personnel-related. Also, it's not clear whether other personnel were inappropriately paid as independent contractors instead of employees, a common problem among independent film productions. \\
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 Once the data were transcribed, coded, sorted and analyzed, a pattern of possible problems emerged, from unreported salaries to ballooning costs and repeated deficit spending. They are noted below as 'questioned costs' in charts for Axanar's two Kickstarter campaigns, and are presented here in the interest of seeking greater openness and transparency from Axanar Productions. Once the data were transcribed, coded, sorted and analyzed, a pattern of possible problems emerged, from unreported salaries to ballooning costs and repeated deficit spending. They are noted below as 'questioned costs' in charts for Axanar's two Kickstarter campaigns, and are presented here in the interest of seeking greater openness and transparency from Axanar Productions.
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 ==== 'Axanar' Budget Questions ==== ==== 'Axanar' Budget Questions ====
-<WRAP right round box 50%>//**__‘54 percent of the salary total is unaccounted for in terms of personnel names, services, or tax liability.’__**//</WRAP>+<WRAP right round box 50%>//**__« 54 percent of the salary total is unaccounted for in terms of personnel names, services, or tax liability. »__**//</WRAP>
  
 The following charts detail questions arising out of spending from Axanar's Kickstarter campaign. The following charts detail questions arising out of spending from Axanar's Kickstarter campaign.
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-**Keywords** {{tag>commercial crowdfunding defendants}}+<wrap right>**Keywords** {{tag>commercial crowdfunding defendants fact_check}}</wrap>
  
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