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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:28 AM Original message |
Recipients In Oprah's Car Giveaway Face Hefty Taxes |
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indie_voter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. D'OH!! n/t |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Oprah Sucks!!! |
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takumi (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's Still Much Better than Having to Pay $28,500 for the Car! |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. lol some people will always look a gift horse (car) in the mouth. n/t |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Um- wait. Wait a minute. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Sell the car for fifteen thousand and pay the seven thousand |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Since Oprah didn't pay for the cars out of her own pocket |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. I dunno. She's only the RICHEST woman in show business |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 12:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. This is how it worked for me w/Jeopardy and Ben Stein winnings. |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. You were on Jeopardy and Ben Stein, catzies? |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 03:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. Jeopardy in '88, Ben Stein in '99. Yes, I won Ben Stein's money. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. My friend won a showcase on Wheel of Fortune years ago |
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Kenneth ken (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. if you were actually |
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Vitruvius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
71. With a $28K car, one can ALWAYS get a $7K loan, payable over several years |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Most people of limited income would have purchased used or |
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Ernesto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Is this a nation of victims or what? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. that only works if they can have the car before they pay the tax n/t |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Oh please, do you really know anyone who can sell a car for it's |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 02:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. so they sell the NEW car for $20k, pay taxes and are still 10k + |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 05:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
55. Oh, no! Cars are INVESTMENTS! |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. All game show prizes work the same way |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. Then some pundit got it wrong. |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I heard that, too |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. That was SALES tax they paid for |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. SALES TAXES they paid, but the car was a $28.5K GIFT..just |
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jumpstart33 (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. I thought that Oprah was paying the taxes also? |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. If Oprah paid the taxes |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yes & no. Operah could pay the taxes using certain calculations. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Ah, yes! |
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Princess Turandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
54. Couldn't she give them the money as a gift?.. |
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Elginoid (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. In the end, it would come out of the pocket of her heirs... |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. So you get a |
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elf (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
12. I think |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Gift taxes are imposed on the donor, not the recipient, of a gift. |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. I think the people who got the cars have a good argument that they were |
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histohoney (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. $2,000 |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. No one who receives a gift of any amount has to pay federal taxes on it. |
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histohoney (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 02:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. Thanks |
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gatlingforme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Yeah you are right, but do you really think GM is going to do this? |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
26. Oh, for God's sake. They can always sell the car |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
27. $7k if it puts you in the top income bracket, maybe. |
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Bimini_Twisted (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-04 12:00 AM Response to Reply #27 |
65. GMAFB. Dont't take the car if you don't want it but pleae QYB!! |
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transeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
28. Let me get this straight |
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SaintLouisBlues (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. The article is misleading |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. A new car for $7,000 - what a deal! |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. Easy, with decent credit they can get a loan and put the car up as... |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. you dont even need good credit |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
57. Great idea! |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. you know, i just can't feel too bad about this. once you own a car, you |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. Sell the car, pay the taxes, by a cheaper used car. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. ??? this is nothing new.... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. The problem with this shows is that the prizes are crap |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. man this will play into the repugs hands. |
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Streetdoc270 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. people gripe over anything.... |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. It was announced on the show that Pontiac would help with taxes |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. Uh, huh...SURE they were.... |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
44. you could buy a pretty decent used car for that money |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
45. Were the cars a gift |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
46. Damn you Oprah Winfrey! What an outrage |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
48. If They Don't Like It, Sell the Car and Buy a Used One |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
51. Then sell the fucking cars to a used car lot. |
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Pallas180 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
58. Cmon guys. Would you rather take out a loan for 7thou or 28 thou ? |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-04 12:57 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Uh, maybe I'd rather take out NO loan? |
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JSJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
60. can't sell the car unless you own it- can't own it unless the tax is paid |
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shawn703 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
61. Couldn't she have sold the cars to them for a dollar? |
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Odd Little Man (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
63. Having just a won a car this weekend |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
64. For God's Sake, Can't People Just GROW UP? |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-04 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
66. Gawd. These people NEEDED cars. In other words they are in a low |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-04 01:43 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. If you're on Food Stamps or Section 8 housing.... |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-04 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
68. Sell the car and buy a cheaper car with the money |
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WinterStorm (790 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-04 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
70. Do they have to come up with that cash before leaving the lot? |
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