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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.

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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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The Ohtani scandal: A look into the IRS investigation

ThomsonReuters

The probe centers around Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, who has been accused of illegal sports gambling and significant financial theft. It was revealed that Mizuhara had accumulated substantial gambling debts, which were allegedly covered by wire transfers totaling at least $4.5

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UK Gambling Watchdog Outlaws Credit Card Bets

PYMNTS

In an effort to rein in problem gambling, the U.K. Gambling Commission is banning the use of credit cards for placing bets, the BBC reported on Tuesday (Jan. The ban is slated to take effect on April 14, following audits of the gambling industry by the commission and the government. ” Gambling revenue in the U.K.

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Worldpay SVP: Why States Won’t Play Around With Sports Betting Regs

PYMNTS

Today, illegal gambling represents a $150 billion business. Soon, however, the payments industry will be able to tap into that market legally, thanks to a recent decision by the Supreme Court to axe a federal law that prohibited gambling on sports in most U.S. Payments will, of course, be central to online gaming and sports wagering.

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Who’ll Win When Facebook Advertisers Flee?

PYMNTS

Procter & Gamble made headlines last week when its Chief Brand Officer, Marc Pritchard, confirmed that the world’s largest advertiser cut $200 million of digital advertising spend in the last nine months of 2017. That year, P&G’s ad spend totaled $7.1 That wasn’t the big news. Or, more precisely, eyeballs, to those ads.