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 More options May 16, 11:04 am
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
From: "parl...@nospam.nospam" <parl...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 08:04:51 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri, May 16 2008 11:04 am
Subject: Re: Is Barter Taxable?
On May 16, 9:40 am, nat <esen...@tx.rr.com> wrote:

> parl...@nospam.nospam wrote:
> > If a friend of mine who is a professional carpenter does some work for
> > me around my house, do I have to pay taxes on this if I bought him
> > pizza "in exchange” for his services?

> On the assumption that you are asking about income taxes, you wouldn't
> have any income but the carpenter would.  Therefore, you owe no income
> taxes.

nat, can you please further explain why I would have no income in this
situation and why the carpenter would.  If some of the repairs on my
house involved purchasing $500 worth of material, would I not have
received a monetary benefit?  All the carpetner got from me was a
couple slices of pizza. Are you saying that he is legally obligated to
report his benefit as income while I am not?

Thanks, Ryan


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