Ct. Senate votes to collect delinquent taxes from lottery winnings

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dallascowboyfan — Tue, 17 May 2011 01:45:29 GMT

Comment #13

sandia — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:41:30 GMT

I agree, those who owe taxes need to pay up! But, wait a second, don't they take the taxes out of lottery winners' windfall? Apparently, both the government and the winners have a stake in the winnings, since both the winner and the government played the game, the government deserves a cut.......wait........ what am I saying, hands off our money

Comment #12

RJOh — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:53:03 GMT

If a state can check to see if a winner owes child support and alimony then it can check to see if a winner owes it too.

Don't forget those city taxes, I noticed this year my city removed lottery winnings from the list of non taxable that include pensions, social security and interest on savings and moved it to the list of taxable that include wages and rent from rental property.

Comment #11

rdgrnr — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:42:22 GMT

That's right, THRIFTY, and if we can't be free we might as well give it all back to King George and his bloody yeomen as let these scoundrels (our elected officials) destroy us.

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THRIFTY — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:20:39 GMT

THOMAS JEFFERSON BELIEVED THE SOLE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT WAS TO SERVE ITS CITIZENS.We do not belong to the government, the government belongs to us.Whenever a government persecutes its citizens, it is no longer a government of the people for the people.IT IS A TYRANNY.

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rdgrnr — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:14:57 GMT

Good point and who exactly is responsible for the fiscal crisis that everyone has to sacrifice to resolve

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sully16 — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:34:45 GMT

They live good on our dime, don't they

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time*treat — Mon, 16 May 2011 02:54:19 GMT

Our state is in the middle of a fiscal crisis, and we are asking everyone to sacrifice in order to resolve it.

'Wonder how much of that sacrifice includes their own perks salaries.

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Aeolus — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:44:28 GMT

Don't think we should justify one's bad behavior upon another's bad behavior...This not only happens with the lotteries but it also happens with casinos and people not understanding or simply caring about their SLOT winnings and forgetting to set aside the money for taxes and always being surprised when their tax filings come due. One thing is assured, the government may not get to it for awhile, but they will sure never forget the filings from the state lotteries and casinos.

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rdgrnr — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:27:36 GMT

It is all well and good for government to get creative in making tax cheats pay up what they owe and then some.

What would really begin to ameliorate the problem however, is government(s) finally realizing (admitting) that the financial crises being experienced on all levels, federal, state and local are not borne of too little tax revenue but rather too much reckless spending.

Our elected officials don't spend their own money recklessly and borrow more, while claiming that spending more w... [ More ]

Comment #4

JonnyBgood07 — Sun, 15 May 2011 17:19:15 GMT

This whole thing should abeen common sense from the gate!!!

Dannyboy has ballz of steel..he is signing just about everything to get some moneys in here.

BTW..hey pumpi..you would really love bills sb1014 and 1015..right up yor alley

Comment #3

Littleoldlady — Sun, 15 May 2011 13:49:45 GMT

I would think that if a person was getting government money and was playing the lottery, they would have to get a LOT. I always thought the average person who plays the lottery makes close to 30,000 per year. After a person pays rent, utilities, buys food and gas, there isn't much left for such purchases...not in this day. Years ago ..maybe. But the state is correct to try to get their tax money. When they come up with a way to cross check ticket purchases against a visual of the actual purchase... [ More ]

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TheOtherOne — Sun, 15 May 2011 13:37:30 GMT

I agree Puffalishous.

I hope it works out for the state of CT though. Then again, as with every state, many people who play are living off the government dime anyway and blowing the Governments money on lottery. Too bad they cant make them repay some of that.

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Puffalishous — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:52:32 GMT

While I think that this is a great idea, many people have found ways to avoid this simply by having someone else sign the ticket and the collect the winnings. Some people specifically seek out senior citizens or those who don't have jobs to get around paying taxes and having owed monies taken out of their winnings.

Ct. Senate votes to collect delinquent taxes from lottery winnings

Lottery Post — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:48:18 GMT

Connecticut state Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) said Thursday that the Senate has approved a bill he co-sponsored that would deduct delinquent taxes from certain awards paid to Connecticut Lottery winners.

Allowing lottery winners who don't pay their taxes to collect prizes without contributing what they owe is unfair to everyone else who plays by the rules, said Senator Leone. Our state is in the middle of a fiscal crisis, and we are asking everyone to sacrifice in order to resolve it. N... [ More ]