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Old 10-12-2005, 11:01 PM
captZEEbo1 captZEEbo1 is offline
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Default I need a plan to avoid paying taxes in full.

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I don't own property or a business. I made a lot of $ from poker this year. Is there stuff you can do to get a big tax break? Like if I bought a business (McDonalds or something), would all the money I earned not really count as being earned? Or if I bought a house would I get a huge tax break? I don't really have any comprehension of how this works, but is there any kind of investments I could do where I wouldn't have to pay taxes on ALL my earnings?
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Old 10-12-2005, 11:02 PM
kenberman kenberman is offline
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Default Re: I need a plan to avoid paying taxes in full.

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Sorry if wrong forum.

I don't own property or a business. I made a lot of $ from poker this year. Is there stuff you can do to get a big tax break? Like if I bought a business (McDonalds or something), would all the money I earned not really count as being earned? Or if I bought a house would I get a huge tax break? I don't really have any comprehension of how this works, but is there any kind of investments I could do where I wouldn't have to pay taxes on ALL my earnings?

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talk to a cpa
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Old 10-12-2005, 11:08 PM
DrunkIrish05 DrunkIrish05 is offline
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Default Re: I need a plan to avoid paying taxes in full.

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Sorry if wrong forum.

I don't own property or a business. I made a lot of $ from poker this year. Is there stuff you can do to get a big tax break? Like if I bought a business (McDonalds or something), would all the money I earned not really count as being earned? Or if I bought a house would I get a huge tax break? I don't really have any comprehension of how this works, but is there any kind of investments I could do where I wouldn't have to pay taxes on ALL my earnings?

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talk to a cpa

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this won't necessarily help, cpa's can do tons of different things, you need some kind of personal tax advisro
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Old 10-12-2005, 11:03 PM
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Default Re: I need a plan to avoid paying taxes in full.

I had a neighbor who used to make a lot of money gambling. It was how he paid for his sept-annual cruises to Bermuda. To avoid paying taxes, he used to go to the track and collect losing tickets. He took those tickets, claimed them as gambling losses and didn't have to pay taxes on the money he had won gambling because apparently you can deduct gambling losses from gambling winnings.
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Old 10-12-2005, 11:07 PM
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Default Re: I need a plan to avoid paying taxes in full.

The IRS is pretty skeptical about losing lottery tickets or stubs from the track; I don't think this is the way to go. (Of course you're fine until the audit...then one of the tickets has a footprint on it.)

They're not retarded.
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Old 10-13-2005, 08:04 AM
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Default Re: I need a plan to avoid paying taxes in full.

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then one of the tickets has a footprint on it.

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What kind of footprint could these tickets have? They don't take your name when you bet horses or buy lottery tickets.
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Old 10-13-2005, 08:06 AM
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Default Re: I need a plan to avoid paying taxes in full.

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then one of the tickets has a footprint on it.

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What kind of footprint could these tickets have?

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most likely one from a shoe or boot, or both!


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They don't take your name when you bet horses or buy lottery tickets.

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i'll assume this is a question (?) and answer. no.
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Old 10-13-2005, 08:16 AM
siccjay siccjay is offline
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Default Re: I need a plan to avoid paying taxes in full.

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then one of the tickets has a footprint on it.

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What kind of footprint could these tickets have?

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most likely one from a shoe or boot, or both!


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They don't take your name when you bet horses or buy lottery tickets.

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i'll assume this is a question (?) and answer. no.

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hahaha I thought he was talking about a way to trace it or something.

Who cares if a ticket has a footprint (from a show) on it? I drop [censored] and step on it all the time, does that make it not mine?
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Old 10-13-2005, 08:07 AM
Vavavoom Vavavoom is offline
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Default Re: I need a plan to avoid paying taxes in full.

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then one of the tickets has a footprint on it.

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What kind of footprint could these tickets have? They don't take your name when you bet horses or buy lottery tickets.

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I had a neighbor who used to make a lot of money gambling. It was how he paid for his sept-annual cruises to Bermuda. To avoid paying taxes, he used to go to the track and collect losing tickets. He took those tickets, claimed them as gambling losses and didn't have to pay taxes on the money he had won gambling because apparently you can deduct gambling losses from gambling winnings.



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Old 10-13-2005, 08:13 AM
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Default Re: I need a plan to avoid paying taxes in full.

An actual footprint where somone stood on it on the track.
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