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[QUOTE="zachvac, post: 1038007, member: 26306"]
You play tournaments? opr and sharkscope exist. Play cash? Tableratings is for most major sites. These could probably not be used as proof against you in an audit but it could trigger an audit if somewhere you are linked to to your screen name or it's basically ever found out. During an audit the burden of proof is on you to prove your winnings, so you can't rely on stuff they can't find out about. If you don't have detailed enough records, be prepared for them to make them up for you. If you do (HEM/PT databases), they can basically ask to see them in full. The irs is good at what they do, and poker players try to skip paying taxes all the time. If you think you have a good scheme/excuse, they've probably seen it a thousand times before and they're going to see right through it. So sure if you don't report there's a good chance you don't get caught. But just remember that they know that too so that the ones they do catch they make it especially unpleasant as a further deterrant (I believe it's just pay tax+interest+penalty for negligence and extra fines/penalties and probable jail time for actual fraud).

Anyway long story short they make it such that it's beneficial for you to just pay taxes on it, and you should just do it. It's not worth the hassle to avoid it.
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