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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2022
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series No. WP22/22
Verlag: 
University College Dublin, UCD School of Economics, Dublin
Zusammenfassung: 
Sports betting is growing rapidly in the US after its legalization by the Supreme Court in 2018. This paper describes the treatment of gambling winnings and losses in the federal tax code and shows how the system may incentivize some gamblers to substantially increase the scale of their betting in order to have a chance to win. This incentive stems from the fact that gambling losses can only be deducted if taxpayers are filing for itemized deductions, meaning the scale of gambling losses has to be large enough to push a taxpayer's eligible deductions over the standard deduction. This incentive to engage in large-scale betting applies mostly to lower and middle-income households
Schlagwörter: 
Sports Betting
Gambling
Income tax
JEL: 
D81
H24
L83
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