Profession by Political Affiliation

[Benton]

(04-06-2016, 10:56 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: Most of the money poker players make don't get taxed since the government can only see the profits from tournaments, and they make most of their money on cash tables. So they can techinally say they are in poverty even if they made 100k that year

I used to play poker professionally for a few years.

Valid point. Tournament winnings used to be taxed at 30%, though. Which you can offset with gambling losses thanks to tax breaks.