Awards Shows
Swag Sweet or Sour?

Celebs do love those sumptuous swag suites during awards time, but these stars clearly don't know about swag taxes. Jeri Ryan, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tia Carrere are just so excited about their "free" gifts like vacation packages, clothes, shoes, jewelry, and gadgets, though maybe their accountants ought to be telling them that "free" really means, oh, at least a 30% tax on the total value of the stuff.
Tia Carrere at Emmy Swag Sweet:Click here to watch
For these, and other swag-lovin' celebs' benefit, TMZ provides a little tutorial into what these folks think they're receiving for free, and what they're actually going to end up shelling out to Uncle Sam.



Tags: Emmys, Swag, Tia Carrere, TiaCarrere

Reader Comments

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1. DONATE, DONATE, DONATE...THEN EVERYONE WINS.

Posted at 8:00AM on Sep 2nd 2006 by nancy

2. What a waste. So many people could use the money that those items are worth!Wish those companies would put their products to better use.

Posted at 6:36AM on Sep 2nd 2006 by Cyndi