Withholding Tax in the US nonresident alien and exemption treaty

[Googobucs]

I am not sure what you mean when you say you paid a tax when placed a wager? Are you saying the paycheck you used to gamble has already been taxed?

Of course nobody is a fan of taxes on winning, but the government considers it earned income when its a jackpot of $1200 or more. The good part is if you do lose, you can write off the losses up to your winnings.

Thank god they don't tax table games though!

A percentage of your bet goes to taxes. I don't know the exact details, but the way it was explained to me years ago was using horse racing. I dont know that this applies to slot machines, but It probably does play into the RTP. I don't recall the exact details but it was something like this: When I place a $2 wager, $1.97 goes into the pool, .02 goes to the track and .01 goes to taxes.

So in this example, my wager was taxed. I should not be taxed again on my winnings.

 

[xaviermorin]

US tax refund

You should use Refund Management Services for US tax refund. They will definitely going to help you and will get your tax back.

*snip*

 

[funnymunny]

Based on my experiences, as long as you have some formal identification with you (e.g. passport), the casino can complete an 1042-S form ('Foreign Person's U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding') and as long as you sign it, you will be paid your entire winnings there and then in full. You will be issued with a copies B & C of this form, and within a few weeks, an exemption card will be sent to the address specified on your ID. Keep this card with you on future trips & then new forms do not have to be completed each time.


See previous posts on this subject here and here

 

[winbig]

You should use Refund Management Services for US tax refund. They will definitely going to help you and will get your tax back.

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?!?!?!?!?!?

And we have a winner. I see you joined for the sole purpose of posting obvious information into this thread, and finally spamming a link for a site that you're obviously promoting.

1) why would anyone wait 4-6 months to receive a refund on taxes paid
2) why would anyone use a 3rd party service to do something for them that they could do themselves
3) why would anyone pay someone to do this for them (I know they're not doing it for free)
4) why would a person not have this done at the casino and pay $0 taxes?

 

[winbig]

Proof is in the pudding....

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I am Xavier Morin,a representative of Refund Management Services which provides gambling tax refund services for non-US residents .

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[Casinomeister]

Based on my experiences, as long as you have some formal identification with you (e.g. passport), the casino can complete an 1042-S form ('Foreign Person's U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding') and as long as you sign it, you will be paid your entire winnings there and then in full. You will be issued with a copies B & C of this form, and within a few weeks, an exemption card will be sent to the address specified on your ID. Keep this card with you on future trips & then new forms do not have to be completed each time.


See previous posts on this subject here and here

I've filled this paperwork out a number of times, but I never received any exemption card in the mail.

 

[funnymunny]

I've filled this paperwork out a number of times, but I never received any exemption card in the mail.

I have to admit that the website says you'll be sent a card & my initial qualifying win (@ Wynn) did result in me getting a card, however every time I've been fortunate enough to get another hand-pay I've shown the card (non Wynn casinos) & the casino staff have said they need to fill out new forms & I'm then given a new number. I've never received a card from those wins / under the new number, but I don't know if that's because they've linked them back to the original

Whatever the answer though, being a non-US resident with a British passport, I've never had any winnings withheld, or US tax demands sent to me. As long as the casino staff fill-out the forms & pay me in full, I'm not going to question it

 

[alexmorin1001]

Usually the process of tax refunds may take up to 2-6 months for casino winnings.