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re: What would you do if you found $50 million: Serious Edition

Posted on 4/10/09 at 2:46 pm to
Posted by clamdip
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Sep 2004
17975 posts
Posted on 4/10/09 at 2:46 pm to

first thing I'd do is pay Meauxjeaux and TigerDeacon to act as 'Consultants.'
Posted by LawLessTyGer
Bay of Ponchartrain
Member since Jan 2009
1256 posts
Posted on 4/10/09 at 4:08 pm to
Get a loan and buy a ton of property in the country, and a shovel.
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161244 posts
Posted on 4/10/09 at 4:48 pm to
I would be a greater at Wal-Mart work 20 hours a week, have LSU season tickets, Saints Season tickets. Go on vacation every year, drive a reasonable car, live in a reasonable house and just enjoy life.
Posted by Poodlebrain
Way Right of Rex
Member since Jan 2004
19860 posts
Posted on 4/10/09 at 6:26 pm to
First $50 million in $100 bills would weigh at least 500,000 grams or 500 kilograms. That's over 1,100 lbs which isn't exactly easy to move around. Then there is the problem of converting the cash into money you can use in your name without legal restrictions, or laundering the money.

I'm not going to explain all of the steps invloved, but becoming a professional gambler is a way to casually report fictitious income from untraceable sources. You will go out of your way to comply with all of the cash transaction reporting requirements. You will declare gambling winnings as the source for your occasional large deposits, and you will occasionally withdraw lesser amounts for the purpose of gambling. You can make a few large purchases using cash, but you are best off depositing it in the bank as gambling winnings. You will scrupulously pay taxes on your annual gambling winnings which will have to be pretty close to the amount your bank balance increased by during the year. It will cost you about 35% in taxes to launder the money.
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 4/10/09 at 8:54 pm to
There are really only two options:

1) Make sure nobody finds out. Maybe get better countertops or redo the bathroom, and donate the rest to charity. This limits the benefit pretty sharply but you probably won't get caught either.

Note that donations to qualified charities are deductible, this might actually be completely legal.

2) Come completely clean and be sure everyone finds out, the IRS included. That means hiring a really good tax lawyer to boot so you can be sure it is all legal.

Personally, I'd choose #2. I don't enjoy paying taxes but I don't enjoy the prospect of living on the lam all my life either. After taxes I'd still have more than enough to retire on, so who cares?
Posted by Zilla
Member since Jul 2005
10599 posts
Posted on 4/10/09 at 9:09 pm to
the point was to not report that you "found" it in case someone tried to claim it
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 4/10/09 at 9:59 pm to
quote:

he point was to not report that you "found" it in case someone tried to claim it


Completely agreed - the point is to report you found it so you can claim it is yours *and* get away with it.
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
111208 posts
Posted on 4/13/09 at 5:19 am to
quote:

I'm not going to explain all of the steps invloved, but becoming a professional gambler is a way to casually report fictitious income from untraceable sources. You will go out of your way to comply with all of the cash transaction reporting requirements. You will declare gambling winnings as the source for your occasional large deposits, and you will occasionally withdraw lesser amounts for the purpose of gambling. You can make a few large purchases using cash, but you are best off depositing it in the bank as gambling winnings. You will scrupulously pay taxes on your annual gambling winnings which will have to be pretty close to the amount your bank balance increased by during the year. It will cost you about 35% in taxes to launder the money.


This may be the best actual idea, at least in theory. I dont know what the exact criteria is for successful gamblers to report there earnings or how detailed it has to be, but this has a chance to be my favorite idea so far.

TigerDeacon's opening a bar and slowly funneling the money in was good as well.
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