W2G Handpay

Every gambling session is either income or an itemized deduction — never both, and never netted against each other. That's the rule most players don't learn until the IRS already knows: your W-2G forms are matched against your return automatically, so the gap between what you won and what you can prove gets questioned. W2G Handpay is the diary the IRS actually asks for, built for the moment you're standing at the machine — not reconstructed nine months later from memory. WHY IT EXISTS Break even on $50,000 in play and you can still owe tax on thousands you never kept. That isn't a loophole — it's how gambling income and losses are reported under current law. W2G Handpay shows you that figure the day it happens, not the day your preparer finds it. A SESSION DIARY, KEPT WHILE IT'S TRUE Log every session — date, game, venue, amounts in and out — in under a minute. Every field the IRS diary…