There is a long thread going on about Las Vegas taxes so I started a new thread for state withholding taxes.
If you win somewhere other than where you live and have state taxes withheld, you need to check the state laws.
This is about 10 years old and may not apply anymore or anywhere else.
I won $5000 in a drawing in Tunica, Mississippi.
The casino withheld federal tax and Mississippi tax. I think the Miss. tax was $250.
I was not a resident of Mississippi and had no other income in Mississippi.
At the end of the year, I called the Mississippi tax office and had them mail me a Mississippi non-resident income tax form. I filed the Mississippi state form and got about half of the money refunded.
Similar rules may apply for other states.
If you win somewhere other than where you live and have state taxes withheld, you need to check the state laws.
This is about 10 years old and may not apply anymore or anywhere else.
I won $5000 in a drawing in Tunica, Mississippi.
The casino withheld federal tax and Mississippi tax. I think the Miss. tax was $250.
I was not a resident of Mississippi and had no other income in Mississippi.
At the end of the year, I called the Mississippi tax office and had them mail me a Mississippi non-resident income tax form. I filed the Mississippi state form and got about half of the money refunded.
Similar rules may apply for other states.