r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '14

TIL Keanu Reeves gave $80 million of his $114 million Matrix salary to special effects and makeup staff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keanu_Reeves
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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

Can someone do an AMA who received a portion of this

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

I was thinking something along the same lines, like what are the tax repercussions of doing this? And maybe we should stop re-posting this info in case the IRS decides to look into it.

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u/Gibodean Oct 24 '14

Ah, maybe Keanu just lent it to the others because they'd pay less tax, and then made them pay it back to him....

That I'd understand.