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minus-squareivanafteralllinkfedilink-3•2 years agoBut you didn’t need to do back-of-napkin math, at all. He got $433.7 million.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•2 years agoMy point was that the IRS didn’t take the eight hundred million stated, but probably closer to two hundred million. But we all love to get angry about anything and everything, especially when we think we’ve scored Internet gotcha points, so enjoy.
minus-squareTheChurnlinkfedilink16•2 years agoThe 433.7 million is after paying taxes on the lump sum. Nominal Jackpot: 1.2B Lump sum: ~600 M Taxes on lump sum: ~167M Post-tax winnings: 433.7M
But you didn’t need to do back-of-napkin math, at all. He got $433.7 million.
My point was that the IRS didn’t take the eight hundred million stated, but probably closer to two hundred million.
But we all love to get angry about anything and everything, especially when we think we’ve scored Internet gotcha points, so enjoy.
The 433.7 million is after paying taxes on the lump sum.
Nominal Jackpot: 1.2B
Lump sum: ~600 M
Taxes on lump sum: ~167M
Post-tax winnings: 433.7M