Russell Fox on taxes for gamblers

16/07/2025 43 min
Russell Fox on taxes for gamblers

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Our guest this week is tax expert Russell Fox.  We talk about the terrible new taxes on gamblers in the big beautiful bill.  What's a gambler to do?  Is Richard going to retire.... again?[00:00]  Introduction of gambling tax expert Russell Fox [00:48]  How does the tax bill affect gamblers?[02:25]  Session method logging[03:56]  Sports betting logs and session definition[09:14]  Advantage slot play and session definition[13:08]  Will this law be overturned?[17:08]  1099 changes, W2G backup withholding[20:16]  CTRs[20:51]  90% maximum deduction of losses and business expenses[23:06]  Long term impact on high limit rooms, DraftKings, FanDuel, and offshore books[28:02]  U.S. citizens, permanent residents, non-resident aliens, withholding[30:46]  Worldwide income, renouncing U.S. citizenship, and exit tax[34:17]  Favorable comfortable structures, tax advantages of C-corp[34:55]  IRS job cuts and audit probability[38:29]  Recreational gamblers and W2Gs[40:33]  Will this tax law increase tax fraud?[41:18]  Contacting Russell FoxLinks:Claytontax.comTaxabletalk.com