<prompt> Human: My brother works in sales and was given a really nice 1500-2000 dollar grill as a bonus. He received paperwork for it and is now required to pay income tax on it as if it were 1500 dollars as income .Is there any way to file for these things and get an exception or deduction or credit or anything?He also just bought a house this year, is there any chance he can do something with that and say it increased his home value or something? Idk it is a shot in the dark but I figured it was silly for him to have to pay like 600-800 dollars on a grill that he received as a gift. Now instead of a gift he basically bought a nice grill for half off. Which is good and nice and all but not the same!He is also in philly area of Pennsylvania if that helps  <response>: Bonuses have withholding that may be higher than usual but the actual taxation on this additional income will be the same as any other form of income. So the actual cost to him will depend on his tax bracket. 