Do I have to pay taxes after winning the lottery and am under the minimum income amount to file?

Question

I worked for 1 month this year and made roughly $1500. I won $1000 in July, and tonight I won another $1000. IRS.gov website says the minimum taxable income requirement is roughly $9000 for 2009. Lottery winnings are taxable and considered "other income", according to the IRS, and my income for the year, at this point, is about $3500. Assuming I make less than the minimum taxable income requirement, do I have to file taxes only because I won the lottery?

Answer 1

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No, you are not required to file the tax return if your total income is les than the filing requirement.
Only if tax is withheld from winnings, you will file tax return to get the refund.

Source(s):

2009 filing requirements for most taxpayers http://taxipay.blogspot.com/2009/11/2009…

Answer 2

No.

If you had taxes withheld from any of the income sources, you may want file but you do not have to file.