Connecticut to audit lottery winners for back taxes

Comment #20

CDanaT — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:39:36 GMT

Well Ridge, I think you did your civic duty on the Gov waste aspect...But I didn't see the one on the study of cows and how their methane gas affects the ozone..........Thats ok...I was sorta partial to the 5000 on a video game gathering.........Then again, how many billions to we give away each year to foreign countries in general. Lets send them a sorry,we are 15 trillion in debt and wont be able to support you this year or in the near future note.....When does the insanity finally stop ? Mayb... [ More ]

Comment #19

rdgrnr — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:17:05 GMT

Who's entitled to what, exactly

Comment #18

rdgrnr — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:07:42 GMT

I'd assume you're joking but here's just a few of the thousands and thousands of examples of govt. waste you can get by googling Government Waste .

This is just a list of somebody's favorites that was first on the page.

#1 A total of $3 million has been granted to researchers at the University of California at Irvine so that they can play video games such as World of Warcraft. The goal of this video game research is reportedly to study how emerging forms of communication, including multipl... [ More ]

Comment #17

Iesha Kelly — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:51:04 GMT

I'd like to hear, too. Some mighty entitled people here.

Comment #16

Grovel — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:23:49 GMT

Don't want to get into a political arugment but you do know if every cheated the goverment out of taxes the goverment would shut down. Since taxes are used for small things such as the fire and police department, maintaing the roads, and helping cities rebuild after natrual disasters. If you don't mind could you list a few things you think the goverment is wasting money on.

Comment #15

rdgrnr — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:56:02 GMT

Let's keep things in perspective here.

You're all bent out of shape about peanuts.

Nobody has stolen more money than the government.

The government started Social Security and took it out of our weekly paychecks before we even saw the money. They promised us it would be kept for our retirement years and never used for anything else.

Then they stole it and pissed it away. It's not there anymore. It's gone. It's now operated as the world's biggest Ponzi Scheme with old investors being... [ More ]

Comment #14

CTNY — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:51:49 GMT

Greedy Again? Try Always was...

Comment #13

Grovel — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:49:49 GMT

So you can break a law just because you do not agree with it

Comment #12

rdgrnr — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:05:37 GMT

Well God forbid someone withheld money that the government could have pissed away or made available for politicians to steal.

Heavens to Murgatroid! Exit stage left

Comment #11

dpoly1 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:36:46 GMT

Today I learned that Connecticut is the worst State for overall taxes. That means that they spend money like water. That is why I say that they can go pound salt

Comment #10

haymaker — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:20:00 GMT

not sure about other states but,nothing gets by in jersey.

Comment #9

coplyr86 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:13:47 GMT

Like RJoh, I assumed all states did this. I seem to recall reading an article here on LP a few weeks back about Massachussetts going after a lottery winner who'd won millions. They assumed he was a 10 percenter : someone who cashes tickets for others who are trying to avoid paying child support or back taxes. So apparently MA does this as well. Does anyone know if all states do it? Or which ones do and don't

Comment #8

Grovel — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:22:22 GMT

Can someone explain to me how it is wrong to collect money that someone was supposed to pay but cheated the state out of it.

Comment #7

JonnyBgood07 — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:28:38 GMT

...always amazes me how fast they could enact laws dealing with getting monies whether this or outright taxation,but when the people as a whole want something it takes years... if at all.

Should've been a no brainer anyhow since deadbeat dads/moms and such just drain the welfare spicket outright dry here.How they've not done this up till now is sheer idiocy.Bad enough you have have to wait a lifetime to get a check cut to you when you're there because of the time it takes to see if you have w... [ More ]

Comment #6

maringoman — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:19:28 GMT

Unless some guys are reading another article, what I read seems to make perfect sense.

Checking the lottery winner's child support payment history before handing over the check is saving time and energy.

If dead beats don't support their offsprings the rest of us law abiding citizens are forced to do it. I hate that.

Comment #5

RJOh — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:14:23 GMT

I always thought all states with lotteries already had such rules in place and that was the reason some stores would cash winners larger than $600 for a price.

Comment #4

Set4life — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:40:35 GMT

Im not suprised, american tax payers need to pay for this phony afgan war. Then off to another country lol.

Comment #3

dpoly1 — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:23:10 GMT

On a positive note, I am preparing to win about $73,840,000 after 35% taxes tonite! Green with money is the only way to go green. Wealth is not greed, it is opportunity !

Anyone that doesn't think that $39,790,000 in taxes is enough is cordially invited to move to the Paradise of North Korea ! Or the Socialist State of Connecticut

Comment #2

dpoly1 — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:59:47 GMT

A very good reason not to live in Connecticut !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Greedy Politicians should be put in jail for violating their fiduciary responsibilities by spending money like they can just print it

Comment #1

PERDUE — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:25:14 GMT

Looks like the state of Connecticut is getting greedy again.

Instead of trying to find ways to empty the pockets of the lottery winners and casino winners, why not eliminate some of the dead weight they've picked up over the years?

Yes, people should pay their child support and their taxes. No argument here.

But to start putting laws on the books like this is just the starting point to other laws that will eventually make it impossible for you to purchase a bottle of water without the g... [ More ]

Connecticut to audit lottery winners for back taxes

Lottery Post — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:42:59 GMT

After successfully targeting deadbeat parents, the state of Connecticut is going after tax evaders' lottery winnings.

Beginning Dec. 31, a new law will take effect requiring the Connecticut Lottery Corporation to deduct delinquent taxes, crosschecked with the Department of Revenue Services, from any claim of $5,000 or more.

If someone is lucky enough to win a lottery prize and they also owe back taxes, it is reasonable to collect those taxes at that time, co-sponsor Rep. Gerald Fox, D-Sta... [ More ]