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Paperwork the casino gives you when you win
Let's say I sit down to play with $2,000 and win another $10,000. (I've never been to a casino...but, still.) When I go to cash out, I'll have to fill out a currency transaction report, because it's at least $10,000 in cash, and I'll need a W-2G for my tax return. I don't want to pay taxes on the $2,000 with which I came into the casino, because it's after-tax money and shouldn't be included on the W-2G. And I don't want the Treasury Dept. to think I obtained $12,000 in cash when $2,000 of it was mine to begin with.
Is it possible to keep that that $2,000 off the forms? Do I get a receipt from the cage when I first buy chips so I can prove the original $2,000 was mine? How does it work?
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