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re: Can gambling losses be deducted from 1099-MISC?

Posted on 1/29/13 at 10:49 am to
Posted by iAmBatman
The Batcave
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 1/29/13 at 10:49 am to
Gambling losses can be deducted only up to your winnings.

Example:

You win $5,000 in 2012 and lose $7,500. You can only deduct $5,000 of the losses.

You win $5,0000 in 2012 and lose $4,000. You can deduct the whole $4,000 since it is less than your winnings. You would be responsible for taxes on the remaining $1,000 of you winnings.
Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
49125 posts
Posted on 1/29/13 at 11:09 am to
Well I understand that. The question was if a prize of this matter counted as "winnings" or if it had to be specific to gambling and putting money at risk.

If I had 25k in gambling losses and won a 25k MSRP car in a drawing vs 25k in gambling losses and won a 25k MSRP car at the casino slot.

Seems to be that they are not treated equally. In one case I would get to duduct but in the other case I would be stuck with the 25k income. At which I could claim FMV of the car as being around 19k instead of 25k.
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