Re: Legislation in Europe??!!
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If you are a UK citizen, normally resident in the UK and visit the US and have some poker winnings then you don't owe tax. However, if the winnings are live, and large enough, then the casino can withhold US tax on them.
As the UK has a tax treaty with the US you can then (theoretically) claim this tax withholding back but this involves a few forms and getting something called an ITIN number. Sometimes the casino will help you with this. I have never done it so wouldn't know how tricky the process is (or indeed the details of the process itself).
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It's pretty easy. Take you British passport to the cage, the casino then just makes a phone call gets the ITIN number, you sign a forms and get paid out in full. You will also receive your ITIN number through the post usually a few weeks later. Once you have your ITIN number you can use it any time you cash in the future.
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