Do Survivor winners pay taxes?

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The winner of Survivor—now in its 40th season—gets a whole lot of money. That prize money is taxable, as season one winner Richard Hatch learned the hard way. Losers make money, too, so you're not completely out of luck if you're not Sole Survivor. While watching Survivor is loads of fun, living the experience is decidedly not as enjoyable. From the small rations of food to the bugs, diarrhea, and thunderstorms, spending 39 days on a faraway island isn't how most people would want to spend their time. Unless, of course, you had the chance to win a very large chunk of money at the end of it all.

So...what do you get for winning Survivor, anyway?

The winner of Survivor gets a cool $1 million.

How much does the Survivor winner get after taxes?

All of that prize money is taxable—a lesson Season 1 winner Richard Hatch learned the hard way. (Hatch ended up spending 51 months in prison for failing to pay taxes on his Survivor winnings and other income.) In reality, after taxes, you would end up with about $580,000, according to AOL. AOL also elaborated on just how significantly those taxes affect your winnings: "How much you're taxed depends on your income and the state you live in (because if your state levies income taxes, it will want its bite, too). However, it's safe to say that you'll lose nearly half to the taxman. If you want to survive on Survivor winnings for 20 years, you'll have to budget less than $30,000 a year after taxes."

Bummer.

But in a cool twist, the winner of Survivor: Winners at War will get a $2 million prize—but don't forget about those taxes. When a North Carolina man won a $2 million Powerball payday, he ended up with about $1,415,001, so we can expect our season 40 winner to take home a similar amount.

Do the losers of Survivor get any money?

For the rest of the castaways, there are also some cash prizes, as the second-place contestant receives about $100,000. Jon Dalton (aka Jonny Fairplay, of "dead grandma lie" fame) told TMZ that jury members are awarded $40,000 and the first person voted off gets around $3,500, while Today reported that the first person to get voted off receives $2,500. And if you're a returning player, you can net about $25,000 for being the first one to leave the island. Other contestants are paid on a sliding scale based on how long they end up staying in the game.

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How much did Steve Harvey pay IRS?

$650,000 a month Steve Harvey spent seven years paying back $650,000 a month to the IRS.

deseret.com - Steve Harvey reveals he once owed over $20 million to IRS

Steve Harvey said he got into some trouble with the IRS — he owed them over $20 million. “My accountant died, and an accountant that worked for him called my lawyer and said, ‘we have a problem,’” he said in an interview with Earn Your Leisure. “She had found on the floor all my tax forms for 7 years, signed with the checks stapled to them.” He continued: “They were cashing the checks, keeping the money, and not turning in the tax forms. … They didn’t cash it, they took the money out (of) the account that matched the exact number.” He spent seven years paying back $650,000 a month, which included his current taxes as well. According to Yahoo News, this happened when he married his wife Marjorie. At the time, he thought he would lose everything — from his possessions to his wife. But he said she was an understanding woman. “I sat my wife down and she cried and I held her and I told her it was going to be all right; I was going to get us out,” he said. “I just went to work. I took every gig and every contract and I worked and worked. I hung in there and I had a big deal come through in 2012 and I got free. And it’s been OK ever since,” he said.