If you win a noncash prize, you might end up owing more in taxes than you can afford. You may decide to sell the item in order to pay the taxes and then keep the rest of the money as profit. In some ways, they face similar fates: both are income you must report to the IRS. For the lottery or most casino gambling, however, you can deduct your losses. Nice, right? Of course, there are stipulations. You can only deduct your losses if you actually end up winning, and your winnings must be more than your losses.
First and foremost, pay the applicable taxes on any prize you win. It may be a good idea to pay estimated taxes right away on what you win to avoid any possible penalties later. Consider taking cash instead of an object. I was quite pleasantly surprised, but still confused, when I was handed my prize paperwork. If they just said you won a wonderful set of rubber tires, they bought it.
It usually takes between 90 and days to receive your prizes. Alisi says the prize department needs to verify that you are indeed who you say you are when you go on the show…. Call it a sneaky way to get in some additional advertising, but in the case of the above photo, Aleve will actually cut the runners-up a check for the standard second- and third-place prize.
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I have been playing the lottery for nearly 20 years and have paid close attention to this. If you think winning a prize makes you pay high income taxes, just try earning a high wage at work. My god! How do you clothe yourself? I guess guess you would be ok with the government taking nearly half of your paycheck? Jealousy will get you nowhere. David earned his income by educating himself or starting a business. You were offered the same opportunity and chose not to do so.
You people amaze me. When I see people like you cursing those of us who have worked hard to get where we are it kind of pisses me off. Hang on to that willpower Caroline. Here in Spain, as in most European countries it is 20 per cent tax on all kinds of lottery Jeperdi TV, football, horse gambling winnings, etc. You pay tax in the country in which the profits are paid out. It would be so much easier if the government will just set a standard tax rate on the winnings.
This way they can just take it off the top when they distribute the money to the winner and everything will be settled immediately. Good to know DC. So, I went shopping. I went to stores all over town, and every single one of them was willing to sign a document testifying that the price they quoted me was the price at which the item sells. Sure, it was a bit of work, but I came out way ahead of the game. I was even hoping that I could join Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune. Just kidding.
You can still win big. Ha count me as the second person to freeze on stage. I always pondered about winning a car in these game shows. So I can choose to not be THAT far ahead financially in the former in exchange for a ton of my time selling the car.
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