# Why does Receiver have to pay taxes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-receiver-have-to-pay-taxes/654885>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 5, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-receiver-have-to-pay-taxes/654885 "2013-04-05T01:47:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-receiver-have-to-pay-taxes/654885/1 "2013-04-05T01:47:26Z")

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Reported for forum change.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-receiver-have-to-pay-taxes/654885/2 "2013-04-05T01:56:48Z")

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Looks like the OP has been sent to debtors prison.

😃

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-receiver-have-to-pay-taxes/654885/3 "2013-04-05T02:14:03Z")

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Wow. I must have hit “Post reply” the exact second the mods moved the other thread.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-receiver-have-to-pay-taxes/654885/4 "2013-04-05T02:25:41Z")

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You mean you didn’t really start a thread with

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> Reported for forum change

I feel like I need a sarcastic joke here, but I’m tired. I trust someone else will be along soon to cover for me.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-receiver-have-to-pay-taxes/654885/5 "2013-04-05T03:22:53Z")

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Since it’s known what happened, closing this one.

**samclem**.