Impuestos sobre actividades de juego en el estado de Washington

Explicación Simple

Si ganas dinero o premios en juegos como el bingo o las rifas, hay reglas sobre cuánto se puede cobrar de impuestos. Algunas organizaciones sin fines de lucro pueden no tener que pagar nada si ganan poco dinero al año.

Es como cuando organizas una fiesta y decides cobrar una entrada. Si solo invitas a unos pocos amigos y no ganas mucho, no les cobrarías mucho, y si alguno trae comida, ni siquiera les cobrarías entrada.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que la Asociación de Vecinos de Springfield organiza una rifa para recaudar fondos. Si ganan menos de $10,000 al año en boletos, no tendrán que pagar impuestos por esas ganancias. Esto les permite destinar más dinero a mejorar el parque del barrio.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

and(e) When any person wins money or merchandise from any punchboard or pull-tab over an amount determined by the commission, every licensee shall keep a public record of the award for at least ninety days containing such information as the commission shall deem necessary.(3)(a) Taxation of bingo and raffles shall never be in an amount greater than five percent of the gross receipts from a bingo game or raffle less the amount awarded as cash or merchandise prizes.(b) Taxation of amusement games shall only be in an amount sufficient to pay the actual costs of enforcement of the provisions of this chapter by the county, city or town law enforcement agency and in no event shall such taxation exceed two percent of the gross receipts from the amusement game less the amount awarded as prizes.(c) No tax shall be imposed under the authority of this chapter on bingo or amusement games when such activities or any combination thereof are conducted by any bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization as defined in this chapter, which organization has no paid operating or management personnel and has gross receipts from bingo or amusement games, or a combination thereof, not exceeding five thousand dollars per year, less the amount awarded as cash or merchandise prizes.(d) No tax shall be imposed on the first ten thousand dollars of gross receipts less the amount awarded as cash or merchandise prizes from raffles conducted by any bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization as defined in this chapter.(e) Taxation of punchboards and pull-tabs for bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations is based on gross receipts from the operation of the games less the amount awarded as cash or merchandise prizes, and shall not exceed a rate of ten percent. At the option of the county, cit