''Extreme Makeover'' in Warwick

[Pete F.]

It's all about the money. The labor and material used on the show is not tax deductible because it is not a non profit. Everybody donates the house, the production company and ABC make money. One family gets a house.
The family gets the house as "in kind" payment for the use of it during the filming. Tax consequences???
It's reality TV folks. Sooner or later you will see people die for the chance to make money on a reality show.

[Slipknot]

I live reality everyday

I agree Goose, it's a bit over the top and to help out just one family with all that extravagance is just absurd.

Friends of ours actually put in an application years ago, (they have 2 kids with serious issues) but a local builder pretty much built them a new handicap accessible home for what they sold their house for, and I made them a custom kitchen for the price of stock. ABC does it all for the money I'm sure, ratings = $

[Rockport24]

Originally Posted by bluefishercat

It's all about the money. The labor and material used on the show is not tax deductible because it is not a non profit. Everybody donates the house, the production company and ABC make money. One family gets a house.
The family gets the house as "in kind" payment for the use of it during the filming. Tax consequences???
It's reality TV folks. Sooner or later you will see people die for the chance to make money on a reality show.

are you saying it's not tax deductable for the builders? That's horrible man!! Can't you say that you donated it to the family and not ABC? You know the more I think about this the more it pisses me off, why should Ty and the gang be making a fortune off this how while hard working people that aren't millionairs are donating their time???