[HPFGU-OTChatter] Totally off-topic, but amazing nonetheless. ..

[Ladi lyndi]

--- Mycropht wrote:
> Yeah, the gifts are great, but just remember
> that you have to pay 35% income
> tax
> on all gift items.   That's still not an
> altogether bad deal, but it does
> make them less
> "free" than they seem.   


Lynn:

I don't think they have to claim these things on
their income taxes.  These aren't prizes or
winnings, they are gifts.  Actually, these are
company give-aways just as the stuff you get on
the street corner when some company is doing a
promotional, just on a more expensive scale. 

Lynn

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