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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
I have no gambling winnings but have a prize amount reported on a 1099-misc.
I can not enter my gambling loses like I was able to last year.
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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
No, gambling losses are deductible only to the extent of gambling winnings.
For more information, including documentation requirements, please see Can You Claim Gambling Losses on Your Taxes?
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No, gambling losses are deductible only to the extent of gambling winnings.
For more information, including documentation requirements, please see Can You Claim Gambling Losses on Your Taxes?
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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
I had both W-2G gambling ($1714)and 1099Misc PRIZE for winning a poker tournament ($1425). Deducted $3139 for gambling loss. Return was rejected for that item. Please advise.
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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
Was your 2021 Federal 1040 tax return transmitted and rejected by the IRS? Or was you return subject to errors under Review? Or something else? Please clarify.
Gambling winnings and losses can be reported at Federal / Wages & Income / Your Income / Less Common Income / Gambling Winnings.
Gambling winnings are reported on line 8b of 2021 1040 Schedule 1 Additional Income and Adjustments to Income.
Gambling losses are reported on line 16 of 2021 1040 Schedule A Itemized Deductions. Schedule A Itemized Deductions is not used if you claim a standard deduction on your 2021 1040 tax return.
See this TurboTax Help.
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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
I have the same situation. My federal and state were rejected. I had both W-2G and 1099-Misc from a slot tournament. Are slot tournament winnings reported on a 1099-Misc have the ability to have gambling losses taken against it?
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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
You can deduct gambling losses against slot tournament winnings, but only as itemized deductions, and only up to the amount of your winnings.
Also you need to be able to benefit from itemizing your deductions for the losses to benefit you. The standard deduction amounts for 2021 are $12,550 single filer, and $25,100 married-joint. If your itemized deductions are not more than than, you will get no benefit from deducting your gambling losses on your tax return.
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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
The Schedule 1, line 8 for 2021 has been expanded into several lines, namely lines 8.a. through 8.z. In prior years if you had received a 1099-Misc, Turbotax would ask what the nature of the 1099-Misc was. One of the choices was "Gambling" and it was recorded on a single line 8 along with your W-2G winnings (so you could offset all gambling losses against line 8).
To deal with the situation in tax year 2021 where the line 8. on Schedule 1 has been expanded, is to simply "override" the entry where an amount from a 1099-Misc has been entered on one of the line 8 subsections, blank that entry out and add it to line 8.b. where "Gambling" winnings are shown. (The problem here is that Turbotax did not give the option of describing the 1099-Misc as having been derived from Gambling activities.) I did this, all worked well, and my return was accepted by the IRS. If the IRS should ever question this, you can simply explain to them what you did and why. You reported all income, so there should not be a problem.
The thing to remember is that, regardless of the form used, "gains from wagering activities" is the essence of what the IRC (Internal Revenue Code) speaks to, and gains can be reported on Forms W-2G as well as a 1099-Misc.
It is very important, to stress what I have previously mentioned, that the IRC speaks of "Gains from wagering activities," and "Losses from wagering activities." It does not say winnings from gambling or losses from gambling. Furthermore, it does not define anywhere in the IRC what it means by "Gains from or Losses from wagering activities." Both the terms "Gains" and "Wagering" activities are much broader in their meanings.
It therefore follows that something like gains from casino drawings, where the tickets are earned from slot machine play, could easily fit into the definition of gains from wagering, thus losses could be applied to both the amounts reported on W-2G and Form 1099-Misc.
In a previous reply to this question, I referred to the Tax Court case, Libutti vs. The Commissioner dated March 7, 1996. In that case, a heavy gambler (Libutti) spent millions of dollars gambling at a New Jersey casino. The casino, in turn, and as an enticement to frequent the casino, gave Libutti expensive gifts, including exotic cars, diamond jewelry, expensive travel vouchers, etc. exceeding $2.5 million in value. The casino issued 1099-Misc forms to Libutti for the value of these "comps" or gifts and Libutti, in turn, applied his gambling losses against all of the 1099-Misc income. The IRS took the position that Libutti could not offset his losses against such gifts (comps). However, the Tax Court sided with Libutti, in essence saying that the strong relationship between his gambling activities at the casino, and the casino's providing comps or gifts to Libutti all fell into the meaning of "gains from wagering activities" and, therefore, he could offset his losses against both the wagering winnings (gains) as well as the comps (gains). They pointed out the obvious in saying that such gifts or comps never would have been given to Libutti except for his gambling activity. In other words, the character of his gains was the same regardless of how they were received or on what forms they were reported. There is a similar relationship between gains from slot machine play, and gains from drawings where the tickets for the drawings are earned because of, and only because of, machine play. Though the gains from the slots are reported on Form W-2G, and the gains from the drawings are reported on Form 1099-Misc, the wagering losses for machine play can be offset against both.
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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
I reported W2G amounts as usual, and deducted the W2G total amount as gambling loss.
I reported 1099MISC amounts as POKER TOURNAMENT WINNINGS and then went to the Business Income and Expense section and used the 1099Misc amount as a deduction: Gambling Losses up to the total amount of POKER TOURNAMENT WINNINGS.
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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
I originally did that but the return was rejected. My W-G amounts went onto line 8b on Schedule 1, and my 1099-misc was posted to line 8h. I then recorded total losses against both amounts on Schedule A, line 16. So, as I mentioned in my other posting, I simply did an "override" on Schedule 1 and recorded the total of W-2Gs and 1099-misc as one lump sum, to get around the IRS rejection and it worked, so far.
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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
My return was rejected as well.
I have a large amount won as a prize, but I had to play slots in order to obtain "entries" or tickets for the prize drawing. I attempted to list my slot losses in the proper area to offset the Prize. My return was rejected because I did not have a W-2G to claim the deduction amount. I did not get any W2-Gs during the year, I only have the 1099-misc for the prize drawing. This appears to be a flaw in the Turbo Tax software. From what I have read here, I should be able to claim or deduct my losses in Slots to reduce the taxable amount of my prize. Comments? [email address removed]
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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
Get your win/loss statement. You can only deduct losses if itemizing.
You must report your W2-Gs or 1099-MISCs without modification of amount.
If your win loss shows winnings other than the above, net those against the losses.
And if there are any losses left, deduct them if it you are itemizing
Otherwise, if you have more other winnings than losses - forget it (or report it)
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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
I did the proper entry of my 1099 Misc. prize win but I have no W2G's to report.
My win loss statement shows a loss higher than my prize win reported on the 1099.
I had to gamble on slots to obtain entires for the prize drawing.
When I enter all this and efile it gets rejected.
It tells me I I can only deduct what I lost if I have something entered on the W2G screen area....
Again, I have no W2Gs to report.
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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
I have experienced casino drawings, but never won. Try seeing if the casino can retract the 1099-MISC and issue a W2-G. Although I suspect a 'raffle' (drawing) is not the same as playing slots (i.e. gambling)
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Can gambling losses be deducted from prize winnings reported on a 1099-misc?
The fact that you have a 1099 instead of a W-2G, means the payer believes there was no wager. Unless you have it changed to a W-2G (as mentioned above) , there is no way to enter the wager.
At the very least, they should adjust the amount in box 3 to account for the buy-in, which were paid slots.
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