Survivor 14

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Prudence

Of course, if the producers pay his taxes, wouldn't he then have to pay taxes on that payment, too?

It's a tricky bit of accounting, but when I was given an ipod as a bonus at work, they added the cost of the ipod + a bit more $ to my salary that week. Then they took withholding out, then they deducted the cost of the ipod post-withholding, resulting in the same amount of take home pay. I tried to explain this to a coworker, but he still thinks they took $250 out of his salary because all he sees is the "-$250" line on the pay stub.

I wouldn't be surprised if that's what they do with the truck, and possibly even with the $1 million (though probably less likely with the $1 million as the taxes on that are pretty hefty). I didn't really follow the Richard Hatch case, but it's entirely possible that they gave him a large enough sum that after taxes would leave him with an even million and he read (or pretended to read it) as, "we've already paid your taxes," rather than, "We've given you enough money to cover your taxes, but you have to take care of actually paying them).