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Getting a Mortgage with significant income from Gambling

  • 06-10-2015 7:32pm
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 39


    Hello,

    I am currently considering applying for a mortgage. I have a full time job at 34.5k + bonus and 15% savings of my planned mortgage.

    The issue lies in that I also have an additional significant income via poker.

    This year I have posted a total profit of 15.5k. I probably spend 20/30 hours a week playing.

    Additionaly, the last 3 years of my life prior to getting a job I have lived solely from my poker income.

    As a result, my current account transaction history looks a bit crazy. Significant withdrawals at completely random intervals as well as deposits.

    Would it be worth trying to explain this to a mortgage approver or should I just tough it out and open another bank account and try keep my account history clean for 6 months or so?

    Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,583 ✭✭✭✭fits


    You are going to have major issues getting a mortgage if they can see transactions to a gambling account. You will need to stay off it for six months so it doesnt show in your statements and apply at a different bank to that holding your main account.


  • Registered Users Posts: 39 the5thace


    fits wrote: »
    You are going to have major issues getting a mortgage if they can see transactions to a gambling account. You will need to stay off it for six months so it doesnt show in your statements and apply at a different bank to that holding your main account.

    I don't have any major transactions with gambling accounts. I play live so the transactions are going through my debit card. I think they can trace where my withdrawals come from as I have made frequent withdrawals in casinos.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,583 ✭✭✭✭fits


    What are the debit card transactions with? If its some gambling outfit they will see that.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭newacc2015


    the5thace wrote: »
    I don't have any major transactions with gambling accounts. I play live so the transactions are going through my debit card. I think they can trace where my withdrawals come from as I have made frequent withdrawals in casinos.

    Any more than €40 a month on gambling is high risk in the eyes of the banks. Have you paid tax on this income? They arent keen on undeclared income


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭TireeTerror


    newacc2015 wrote: »
    Any more than €40 a month on gambling is high risk in the eyes of the banks. Have you paid tax on this income? They arent keen on undeclared income

    You do not pay tax on gambling income.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭FortySeven


    Not a noition of getting a mortgage. Luck is not something the banks can digest.


  • Registered Users Posts: 786 ✭✭✭ps3man


    I have heard of people being declined for small overdrafts over having a fiver a week going into a Paddy Power account. Long story short, gambling is an illness. Banks will only lend if your income is guaranteed. I am sure you are good at Poker but the Bank really won't care.


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    You do not pay tax on gambling income.

    That's not necessarily true. If gambling income is generated in the nature of a trade the revenue will certainly be interested.

    What exactly constitutes trading is a complex area.

    p.s. Getting a mortgage against gambling income? Not a hope.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 297 ✭✭bonyn


    Yep, best thing to do is set up a second bank account and use it for your salary and bills.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭TireeTerror


    That's not necessarily true. If gambling income is generated in the nature of a trade the revenue will certainly be interested.

    What exactly constitutes trading is a complex area.

    p.s. Getting a mortgage against gambling income? Not a hope.

    You would only pay tax on gambling winnings if it was part of your own business, for example if you owned a casino or a betting shop.

    You could play Poker and support yourself exclusively from it and you still wouldn't pay any taxes on your winnings in Ireland.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,539 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    You would only pay tax on gambling winnings if it was part of your own business, for example if you owned a casino or a betting shop.

    You could play Poker and support yourself exclusively from it and you still wouldn't pay any taxes on your winnings in Ireland.
    This came up in the legal forum recently, and the inestimable Mr Incognito provided a link to this discussion of the tax situation. In summary, in the view of the author it's arguable in theory, but unlikely in practice, that the profits from gambling might be subjected to income tax (unless you are carrying on business as a bookmaker, obviously).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭TireeTerror


    Peregrinus wrote: »
    This came up in the legal forum recently, and the inestimable Mr Incognito provided a link to this discussion of the tax situation. In summary, in the view of the author it's arguable in theory, but unlikely in practice, that the profits from gambling might be subjected to income tax (unless you are carrying on business as a bookmaker, obviously).

    Exactly, and that is why there is no tax to be paid on it. This is not just the opinion of the author of that article, it is the very stance taken by the Revenue here in Ireland. In actual fact they use that specific report to determine that stance.


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III




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