Your client, Connie, won $12,000 in a football office pool. She sees no reason to include it in her income for several reasons. First, the amount won will not be reported to the IRS. Second, as an average income employee, she is unlikely to be audited by the IRS. Third, she feels that she has probably lost this much in other past office pools. How do you respond?
What will be an ideal response?
As a practitioner, you cannot play the audit lottery. You must presume that she will be audited regardless of the probabilities. Although the use of estimates is allowed, Connie’s assumptions as to her losses are not realistic. Even if they were reliable, gambling losses cannot be offset against gambling winnings but must be separately deducted. Thus, the $12,000 must be reported as income or you cannot prepare Connie’s return.
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