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Tax Savings for Accountants with Gambling Clients

CTP

American gaming has boomed since sports betting and online gambling were legalized. Complex tax laws for filing and deducting gambling winnings and losses provide new hurdles for taxpayers. Definitions of gambler categories Gambling winnings are reported differently based on the different categories. Social players rarely bet.

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Tax Tips for Accountants With Gambling Clients

CPA Practice

The legalization of sports betting and online gambling has led to an explosion in gaming across America. With millions trying their luck, complex tax rules for reporting and deducting gambling winnings and losses present new challenges for taxpayers. Gambling losses can be deducted above the line as business expenses.

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Paytm Briefly Removed From Google Play Over Alleged Gambling Violations

PYMNTS

Paytm, India’s eCommerce payment platform, was removed from Google’s Play Store after the global technology company alleged Paytm violated Google’s gambling policies, India.com reported , but the app was later reinstated. “We We assure all our users that their balances and linked accounts are 100 percent safe.

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Ingo’s Edwards Plays The Inside Straight On Online Gambling

PYMNTS

In 2018 the Supreme Court struck down a 1984 federal law that prohibited gambling in most states. For example, Visa has recreated the MCC codes associated with online gambling to have a merchant verification process built in so that banks are no longer “blanket denying” anything that looks like a gambling transaction.

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Online Sports Gambling Makes Bet On Faster Payments

PYMNTS

In a new PYMNTS interview, Tom Cregan, CEO and managing director at EML , discusses the place of instant payments in the changing gambling ecosystem. But that’s not the case for online gambling, said Cregan, who noted, “It can sometimes take two or three days” for those winnings to get into gamblers’ accounts. Supreme Court.

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IRS Launches Probe Into Fired Ohtani Interpreter’s Theft and Gambling Scandal

CPA Practice

The IRS is investigating the recently fired interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani after he was implicated in a scandal involving illegal sports gambling and significant financial theft from his longtime friend. That’s when Mizuhara admitted he had a gambling addiction.

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IRS Launches Probe Into Fired Shohei Ohtani Interpreter’s Gambling and Theft Scandal

CPA Practice

The IRS is investigating the recently fired interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani after he was implicated in a scandal involving illegal sports gambling and significant financial theft from his longtime friend. That’s when Mizuhara admitted he had a gambling addiction.