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Tax

Aug. 18, 2017

Do you even know what a write-off is?

Jerry Seinfeld, like the rest of us, has to pay taxes.

Robert W. Wood

Managing Partner
Wood LLP

333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601

Phone: (415) 834-0113

Fax: (415) 789-4540

Email: wood@WoodLLP.com

Univ of Chicago Law School

Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.

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Do you even know what a write-off is?
Jerry Seinfeld speaks at a news conference at the Beacon Theater in New York, Dec. 1, 2015. (New York Times New Service)

Forbes reports that Jerry Seinfeld is now #1, earning more than any comedian. Again. He had dropped to #2 on last year’s list of highest-paid comedians, but reclaims the top spot. He reportedly made $69 million between June 2016 and June 2017. Apart from nice earnings from the old “Seinfeld” TV shows, a $20 million-per-special contract helped a lot.

That means taxes, of course, but if the past is any indication, he is no slouch in t...

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