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What tax form to use when I have gambling winnings (FormW-2G) completely offset by losses?
You need at least Deluxe in order to enter your gambling winnings and losses.
Gambling
To enter the W-2G or other documents For your Gambling winnings--Go to Federal>Wages & Income>Less Common Income>Gambling Winnings
You can enter your winnings, and then keep clicking through the interview to enter gambling losses.
Gambling losses are an itemized deduction; you can only get a deduction if the combination of all of your other itemized deductions exceeds your standard deduction. Losses do not offset winnings dollar for dollar.
https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/how-do-i-claim-my-gambling-winnings-and-or-losses
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What tax form to use when I have gambling winnings (FormW-2G) completely offset by losses?
You need at least Deluxe in order to enter your gambling winnings and losses.
Gambling
To enter the W-2G or other documents For your Gambling winnings--Go to Federal>Wages & Income>Less Common Income>Gambling Winnings
You can enter your winnings, and then keep clicking through the interview to enter gambling losses.
Gambling losses are an itemized deduction; you can only get a deduction if the combination of all of your other itemized deductions exceeds your standard deduction. Losses do not offset winnings dollar for dollar.
https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/how-do-i-claim-my-gambling-winnings-and-or-losses