Lottery payouts typically have two options: lump sum at half the value of the winnings or a 30 year annuity at the full value. So this headline assumes lump sum reward and cuts the face value on that alone, then does a bunch of other hand waving to get you down the next 58%.
News journals that are owned/advertised by anti-tax republicans love to run out the “lottery was taxed too high” story, specifically targeting people who fancy themselves future lottery winners. It’s all bullshit.
It doesn’t. Just headline gore.
Lottery payouts typically have two options: lump sum at half the value of the winnings or a 30 year annuity at the full value. So this headline assumes lump sum reward and cuts the face value on that alone, then does a bunch of other hand waving to get you down the next 58%.
News journals that are owned/advertised by anti-tax republicans love to run out the “lottery was taxed too high” story, specifically targeting people who fancy themselves future lottery winners. It’s all bullshit.
That’s insane. In Europe when you’d win 1 billion € you get 1 billion €, no taxes, no lump sum reward.
Its a moot point because you’re never going to win the lottery.
Lotteries historically were setup as a fundraising efforts by governments, hence taxing lottery winnings
Are the lotteries state owned? In Quebec, that’s why lotteries is not taxed. State lottery is a voluntary taxes in a itself