Here's the thing — if Congress were to pass the new AMT exemption — it would essentially make Serena's gold medal
prize money tax free, while at the same time helping millions of other Americans who could probably use the tax break a little more than Serena does.
Not exact matches
Whether it's income from a job or income from gambling, the state where the
money is won will
tax the
prize first at their out - of - state
tax rate (assuming the state
taxes lottery winnings).
They are not intended to specify the final
tax burden, which may vary depending on how the winner chooses to invest or dispense their
prize money.
It's never fun to lose
money in an investment, but declaring a capital loss on your
tax return can be an effective consolation
prize in many cases.
The IRS also requires other gambling winnings to be reported on a W - 2G if the
prize money is subject to
tax withholding.
That being said, once the
tax implications are addressed you should still have plenty of
prize money left over to cover the cost of that swagway.
Especially since the
prize money is
taxed.
You are asked to pay
money in advance for «administration fees» or «
taxes» prior to receiving a
prize or winnings.
That's how the IPCC works and they are paid lots of
money for saying that, they are awarded Nobel
prizes and we are
taxed trillions of dollars / euros / GBP / AUD for as a result of that «certainty».