Tax Issues on Lump Sum vs. Annuity Payout

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Stack47 — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 01:50:45 GMT

For starters USA MEGA shows how much cash, amounts of the yearly annuity payments, and the amount of state taxes deducted. Your other questions can be answered by financial planners, but as you pointed out where does one find a reputable financial planner . If you take the cash, you'll pay a one time state and federal tax just like with any prize valued over $600, but there will be some tax on profitable future investments.

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Reply #3

TheGameGrl — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:29:42 GMT

Well LottoLucy, I think that is fair and sound advice. So I am going to listen to you .

As iterated, States CAN and DO increase there own Income taxes., so there is that to contend with. Correct, If no budget is passed, the yearly check just sits there...gaining interest for them .

I encourage those of sound mind and good budget skills to take on the funds entirely. Have a vault built if need be.

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LottoLucy — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 20:45:48 GMT

I think that the biggest issues are taxes in the future and trust.

You know now that the top tax rate is 39.6%. In the coming years are you willing to gamble it doesn't go up significantly? Are you willing to gamble that year's check isn't going to come on time because the state government is shut down?

As far as sheltering it you probably need people to help you but there are a lot of ways to keep the money somewhat safe. There are whole dpartments at banks and places like fidelity inves... [ More ]

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MaximumMillions — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:45:47 GMT

You can stuff 50M$ into an insured CDARS account.

German banks are insured for up to 9bln per customer in the case of Deutsche Bank. (Unfortunately I can't find an english version of the site that gives info on those options, I guess cross-border specifics are to complicated

Tax Issues on Lump Sum vs. Annuity Payout

destinycreation — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:33:48 GMT

What are the TAX ISSUES to consider regarding an annuity vs. lump sum payout for a $800+ Million Dollar Jackpot ??

On an annual basis, would you end up paying more yearly taxes on an annuity payout, or would you pay more taxes on a $450+ Million lump sum sitting in some form of bank account ???

This may sound naive, but ...

You could actually spend an annuity of $15+ Million yearly, giving it away to humanitarian and charitable causes.

But ...

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