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deducting tips

pesach kremen royalflush2222@yahoo.com wrote ...

Subject: Re: Re: $1200 W2G

I don't see a problem of moral superiority - If you are a casual player and your losses are more than your wins >and you itemize they wipe each other out and you will lose something to the adjusted gross income effect but if >you keep records of your sessions th elosses will be small.

The 'and you itemize' is a huge and. Lots of people don't itemized and pay tax on a 'win' that doesn't put any money in their pocket.

Depending on the number of sessions, the AGI effect can be significant. I wouldn't just dismiss that part of the discussion.

pesach kremen royalflush2222@yahoo.com later wrote ...

To answer the question - the small tips I ignore the deduction, the large ones I put on the W2-G or other paper >and have the recipient sign them. I give this along with all my personal records and my W-2's to my accountant.

I still don't get how you deduct tips if you are not filing as a professional gambler. Where does the tip expense go on your tax form? As losses?

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "John.G.Zaroff" <John.G.Zaroff@d...>
wrote:

I still don't get how you deduct tips if you are not filing as a

professional gambler. Where does the tip expense go on your tax form?
As losses?

I would think that a lot of people just "wash" their tips into their
overall wins and losses. If you walk into the casino with $1000 and
walk out with $900 - to me that is a $100 session loss. So what if you
really lost $90 with a $10 tip, or $99 with a $1 tip, or $100 with no
tip? These all sound like $100 session losses to me.

EE