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Tax

Jan. 17, 2020

Tax tips for a better 2020

The IRS taxes all income, whether in cash or in kind. Lottery winnings? Taxed. Gambling winnings? Taxed. Crypto? Yes, it’s taxed too. Indeed, the IRS cares a great deal about this now.

Robert W. Wood

Managing Partner
Wood LLP

333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601

Phone: (415) 834-0113

Fax: (415) 789-4540

Email: wood@WoodLLP.com

Univ of Chicago Law School

Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.

You may have made the usual New Year's resolutions, and the news suggests that many of us have already broken ours. These tips could help keep you out of trouble with the IRS all year long, and could even save you money. Start by thinking of taxes as everywhere and touching everything. That's right, the IRS taxes all income, whether in cash or in kind. Lottery winnings? Taxed. Gambling winnings? Taxed. Crypto?

Yes, it's taxed too. In...

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