Taxes on Talent

“How Much Does an A-list Actor Make… and Spend?”
Claude Brodesser-Akner
Vulture
1/29/12

While we’re out there campaigning for everyone to pay their fair share of taxes, let us not forget that our dear friends in Tinseltown often live in their own tax-sheltered Nirvanas.

Think about that the next time you allow a celebrity of any political stripe urge you to vote on anything. And talk a look at the graphic in this superb Vulture post.

Author: David Wolf

An adviser to corporations and organizations on strategy, communications, and public affairs, David Wolf has been working and living in Beijing since 1995, and now divides his time between China and California. He also serves as a policy and industry analyst focused on innovative and creative industries, a futurist, and an amateur historian. View all posts by David Wolf

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