Foreign news agencies said that the results of the US Powerball lottery on Monday showed that the grand jackpot was won at $754.6 million, it is the fifth largest prize in this lottery and the ninth largest lotteries in US history.
The number of big prizes this time was 5, 11, 22, 23, 69 and the Powerball number was 7. The ticket was sold in Washington State. Which so far the lucky winner hasn’t come out to show But he has two winning options: one lump sum, which gets him about 52% of the top prize, or about $392 before taxes. or choose to receive in full 30 annual installments for 29 years
However, the actual amount of money this lucky winner will receive is subject to strict US tax deductions. If a lucky winner chooses a lump sum of $392 (about 13.1 billion baht), he or she will pay the highest federal income tax rate of 37%, with a 24% deduction from the IRS $94.1 million and pay the 13 % remaining in taxes the following year, approximately $50.9 million.
Not only Winners are also required to pay taxes on lottery prizes and other taxes. of that state again, but for the most recent case The ticket was purchased in Washington state. which is not taxed on the lottery prizes Causing him or her to win a top prize of $247.2 million, or about 8,283 million baht, which is still a huge amount of money anyway.
