The Corner

Expensive Gifts

Some may have thought Oprah’s decision to give new cars to her studio audience was a grand gesture, but the IRS sees a taxable event. The recipients must treat their new cars as income, which could mean a tax bill of up to $7,000.

Jonathan H. Adler is the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and the director of the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
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