Comments on: CALL TO ACTION – Stop IRS CHANGES

By: Doris King

Doris King — Fri, 22 May 2015 12:38:06 +0000

Many of us who live along the Great Lakes have already solved the IRS problem. We cross over to Canada. No tax on winnings at all. If the IRS lowers the taxable amount to $600 my husband and I will probably stop making our yearly trip to Vegas and spend more time at Niagara Falls instead.

By: Hanna Cook-Wallace

Hanna Cook-Wallace — Wed, 20 May 2015 15:30:05 +0000

I think we should be communicating with the casinos we frequent, letting them know that we will not be playing should the threshold be lowered. They have the big bucks lobbyists who will much more effectively address this issue.

By: Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis — Tue, 19 May 2015 18:00:11 +0000

Don’t you think that writing such a letter/blog post/email/etc. would instantly flag you as a no-good scumbag GAMBLER? The IRS has already determined that gambling income is somehow tainted and that those who earn it should pay IMMENSE amounts of tax on it–more than any other kind of income! Hell, drug dealers are allowed to count losses against income when determining tax liability, but not gamblers!
I would VERY STRONGLY advise against anyone calling attention to themselves in this manner. The risks are huge and the potential rewards miniscule: what are the chances that a few barely audible squeaks of protest will even be noticed, let alone be acted upon (except perhaps, in a negative sense) by our Tax Gods? And what about the risks of getting “noticed” by the IRS?
The argument for not only not reducing the reporting threshold but actually substantially increasing it has commonsense merit, but since when did common sense dictate any government actions? The IRS has one single, myopic focus–to increase revenue. It reacts to any such opportunity the way a dog reacts to a bowl of food–by salivating and lunging at it.

By: Bob Berger

Bob Berger — Tue, 19 May 2015 12:08:17 +0000

Does the IRS actually care about the “customer experience”? More importantly, such a change will cause a significant amount of additional paper work for the casino AND the player which will reduce the actual amount of machine playing time. This will reduce the casinos’ income and therefore the amount of taxes the casinos pay.