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If you get paid in doughnuts, you’ve got to pay in dough.

Roger Aksamit, an attorney with Thompson & Knight, speaking about a Houston man who won a year’s supply of coupons from a donut shop as one of the lucky prize-winners during an Astros Fan Appreciation Day. The Internal Revenue Service sent the man a Form 1099, informing him that he owed taxes on $927.61 in "free" coffee and doughnuts.

Roger Aksamit, an attorney with Thompson & Knight,, speaking about a Houston man who won a year’s supply of coupons from a donut shop as one of the lucky prize-winners during an Astros Fan Appreciation Day. The Internal Revenue Service sent the man a Form 1099, informing him that he owed taxes on $927.61 in "free" coffee and doughnuts.

Tina Trenkner is the Deputy Editor for GOVERNING.com. She edits the Technology and Health newsletters.