The Volokh Conspiracy - Tax Questions Are <i>Everywhere</i>:

A reader asks:

[W]hen are US bounties, such as the kind on Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, subject to US income tax?

I love the question, a perfect example of the lawyer's gift for finding important legal issues in the unlikeliest contexts. I have no idea what the answer is, but I'm sure some of our commenters do.

	[Eugene Volokh, June 8, 2006 at 4:09pm] Trackbacks Tax Questions Are Everywhere: A reader asks: [W]hen are US bounties, such as the kind on Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, subject to US income tax? I love the question, a perfect example of the lawyer's gift for finding important legal issues in the unlikeliest contexts. I have no idea what the answer is, but I'm sure some of our commenters do.