Just wondering how content producers account for talent/actor payments. Obviously I’d like to be able to claim it as an expense. I’m just not sure how the talent/actor will respond to that. I’ll be keeping their SIN (SSN) number on file as part of their identification but it would be pretty cheeky to just use it and tell them too bad.
I thought I’d then just suck it up and pay them with after tax dollars. It would suck but oh well…that’s the cost of doing business. It then occurred to me if I ever got audited, I’d have no receipts for talent fees and ‘paying under the table’ is pretty much as bad as ‘being paid under the table.’
Your thoughts?
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