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Skill-based online-game prizes fall within taxable income; the term "winnings" is not limited to chance-based games. However, online-gaming taxability applies only to real net winnings, not gross wallet credits. Repeated circulation of funds, player buy-ins and recycled gaming amounts cannot independently constitute taxable winnings, notwithstanding the bar on deducting expenditure. Where gaming activity results in a net loss and no real net winnings arise, an addition computed on gross online-gaming credits is unsustainable and must be deleted.
Skill-based online-game prizes fall within taxable income; the term "winnings" is not limited to chance-based games. However, online-gaming taxability applies only to real net winnings, not gross wallet credits. Repeated circulation of funds, player buy-ins and recycled gaming amounts cannot independently constitute taxable winnings, notwithstanding the bar on deducting expenditure. Where gaming activity results in a net loss and no real net winnings arise, an addition computed on gross online-gaming credits is unsustainable and must be deleted.
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