Vital Vegas<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLast month, Scott Roeben, founder of Casino.org<\/em>\u2019s own Vital Vegas,<\/em> received an IRS audit letter regarding taxes on $100,000 in unreported W-2G income in 2022.<\/p>\n
The letter gave him 30 days to respond with specific four-year-old documentation or \u201cfurther steps\u201d would ensue.<\/p>\n
The only problem, Roeben says, is that he filed his 2022 tax return on time, with all gambling income reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cI filed everything properly,\u201d he said. \u201cI just had a large number of jackpots, so that triggered the audit, presumably.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roeben called the IRS\u2019s campaign \u201cselective persecution of casino patrons because of the stigma attached to gambling,\u201d adding that it demonstrates \u201chow out of touch the IRS is with the reality of gambling.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is making people jump through hoops, spend money on tax professionals to help with their audits and reconsider a pursuit they enjoy,\u201d he says, adding that, even in the case of tax cheats, \u201cjackpots are far from the entire picture when it comes to gambling.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like saying passengers of the Titanic had an absolute blast for 2,070 miles.\u201d<\/p>\n