Do pornstars wear their own jewelry on set?
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Harley Spencer
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It's often our own, yes. Almost all of the jewelry I've worn in my shoots has been mine, as I have quite the collection of necklaces and bracelets. A lot of it I've gotten rid of over the years as I end up not wearing it as much, so my jewelry collection has gotten significantly smaller, but I used to buy a lot of it. Sometimes I'll also buy new jewelry if it's necessary for a particular shoot, such as the cuffs I wore for one of my Sleeping Beauty sets. I would never wear those off camera as it's not really my style. But most of it yeah, I've worn it on my own time and pulled it to use for sets simply because I like it.
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People have to be very careful about what they put as tax deductible in situations like these and other things claimed as a business expense. As far as I know, and I admit I'm not a tax professional or great expert on the subject, you only get tax deductions in circumstances like these if the items can't reasonably be used in one's normal day to day life. I can see where things like clothing and jewelry might be a stretch to claim as deductions in a lot of situations even if they are used for business purposes.
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This is true
But doing taxes as an adult entertainer is so fucking hard, I hate it.
How about I do your taxes, and then you can figure out mine.
- Fed Income Tax
- Dutch income tax
- Company income tax (for both the NL and US)
- VAT reports every 3 months for NL
:eek: <--- kind of what I look like right now
Since adult entertainers are for all intents and purposes independent contractors/freelancers they can put together a wardrobe to be used in the course of their work. I'm sure the best way to being red flagged by the IRS would be louboutin shoes, but if they're buying lingerie and costume jewelry to put in their shoot collection, nobody is going to know if they wore it on an evening out for a non work related event. Especially if they can produce content using those items. I do believe though only a certain percent can be purchased through the course of a tax year. Would need someone to clarify that.
I guess it boils down to why not wear it? People wear diamond rings to work at offices, fast food jobs, etc. so you gotta figure porn stars will want to sport their jewelry at work too.
As for the engagement/wedding rings, I think because a lot of porn stars are married to other porn stars it's not that big of a deal. And if someone outside the industry is cool marrying someone who does porn, I would think they'd also be cool with them wearing the ring on set. At least I wouldn't care. To me it would just be a random thing to be upset over.
But that's just all guessing on my part as to how others handle it. I've had friends suggest the women with tongue piercings have one-time rings that they wear for a scene but I always doubted that to be the case.
Harley Spencer
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How about I do your taxes, and then you can figure out mine.
- Fed Income Tax
- Dutch income tax
- Company income tax (for both the NL and US)
- VAT reports every 3 months for NL
:eek: <--- kind of what I look like right now
Since adult entertainers are for all intents and purposes independent contractors/freelancers they can put together a wardrobe to be used in the course of their work. I'm sure the best way to being red flagged by the IRS would be louboutin shoes, but if they're buying lingerie and costume jewelry to put in their shoot collection, nobody is going to know if they wore it on an evening out for a non work related event. Especially if they can produce content using those items. I do believe though only a certain percent can be purchased through the course of a tax year. Would need someone to clarify that.
Ah! That's too much tax. I can barely handle my own, it takes me about 2 days to do it. With being self employed/small business, my business expenses basically have to either even out to the exact same as my income, or be more than my income. With that logic, I wouldn't be able to afford life at all- rent, groceries, bills, etc. It's so, so stupid. The US tax system desperately needs some sort of reform.
As for what you can claim, some of the categories can get a little tricky. For example, to claim assets, the items have to be used for a certain percentage of time strictly for business, and a smaller percentage for personal use. And for things like lingerie, toys, jewelry, makeup, and hair products, if it was purchased for the purpose of being used for work, then it can be claimed as an expense, whether or not you continue to use it personally afterward.
And other than the random individuals who get chosen for being audited (since the IRS does choose some at random for audit), the main way they determine whether or not you need to be audited is if your income and expenses is drastically different from the norm with other people working the same job. It's also a red flag if you claim for so many years that you have loss of profit, or very little profit. Other than that, you're very unlikely to get audited, especially if you're not making, say, 6+ figures. They don't care as much if you're only making like $7,000 or $12,000, where you might owe $50. They care more about businesses that are making half a million and paying nothing, or getting a refund.
EDIT: Oh and yes, only a certain percentage from each category of expenses can be deducted per year. Once you reach a certain percentage of expense, even if you spent more on it, they'll simply stop deducting. That goes for transportation, maintenance, business meals, all sorts of things, and even then only some things can be claimed. Like there's some types of business meals (meetings and such) that are 50% deductible, and some that are 100%.
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