Just Curious

[rebelwrest]

This may be a stupid question but if a show is taped in Canada, but the production company is set up in the United States, do they have to pay any cash winnings in Canadian winnings or if they are set up in the US they have to pay in US Dollars?

[Jimmy Owen]

I can't recall ever seeing any contestants from the US on a Canadian game show, so any cash would have to be Canadian.

[narzo]

I do remember when Monty Hall was doing Deal in Vancouver the cash he would use in the show was fake money with his picture on it.  On one episode he explained the reason for that was they had both American and Canadian contestants on the show and the players would be paid in the currency of the country they were from.  

Early in the 1987 Lingo run they would put a graphic up at one point in the show saying something to the effect of "all prizes are awared in Canadian currency".  

I definately recall American contestants on Definition once in a while from Buffalo or some border city, but I guess winning a crock pot and 50 bucks is not something the IRS would care much about.

[TimK2003]

[quote name=\'narzo\' post=\'122780\' date=\'Jun 29 2006, 01:53 PM\']
I definately recall American contestants on Definition once in a while from Buffalo or some border city, but I guess winning a crock pot and 50 bucks is not something the IRS would care much about.
[/quote]


Actually, anything an American wins in Canada does not have to be reported to the IRS.  

This especially holds true for casinos.  With the power of the dollar going down up North, and with more casinos being built stateside where people (especially in Detroit and Niagara Falls) don't have to mess with the border crossings, the lure of tax-free winnings will always be one of the main reasons why Americans cross the border just to gamble.

Now if only we can get the Canadians to start cranking out game shows on a regular basis again with decent payouts...