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How Will Legal Sports Betting Affect Your Income Taxes?

How Will Legal Sports Betting Affect Your Income Taxes?

As a result, the IRS will generally also accept other evidence of gambling winnings and losses, such as printouts from the casino. Thanks to legalized sports gambling, U.S. casinos generated a record amount of gaming revenue in 2018. This article aims to help CPAs answer these questions for taxpayers. A professional gambler can deduct ...

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Determining Basis For Gambling Losses

Determining Basis For Gambling Losses

If you win a non-cash prize, such as a car or a trip, you will be responsible for paying taxes on the fair market value of each prize. Depending upon the amount of your winnings and the type of gambling, the establishment or payer may be required to withhold income taxes. For example, a person can win $10,000 at Casino A one night and lose ...

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Information For Furloughed Workers

Information For Furloughed Workers

What many workers do not know is that a work furlough generally qualifies them for unemployment benefits. Employees also can request to use paid personal time or paid vacation time during the furlough period. This provides them with pay during part or all of a furlough period. If employees return to part-time work, depending on the number of ...

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Alternative Fuel

Alternative Fuel

Taxpayers with at least $750 in credit or refund due in a quarter or any number of quarters within a year may file for a refund with Schedule 1 of Form 8849, Claim for Refund of Excise Taxes. So taxpayers must file separate forms for 2018 and 2019 claims. The normal three-year statute of limitations will apply. In most states and for the ...

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Freelance Taxes

Freelance Taxes

But “freelancer” really isn’t a term that is used in the tax code. You probably figured out years ago that unless you want to end up publicly shamed on American Greed, you have to send your money to the Man. You may use TurboTax Online without charge up to the point you decide to print or electronically file your tax ...

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Freelance Taxes 101

Freelance Taxes 101

So, when you meet with your accountant for the first time, explain what your working days are like — what you do, what you buy and how those activities and purchases relate to your work. For instance, she says, people in most professions can count restaurant meals as a business expenses only when they are entertaining clients — and then, ...

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