Jurisdiction-aware annual summaries with US Schedule 1/C guidance, W-2G tracking, and country-specific notes for the UK, Canada, and Germany.
Get started free Free forever — 10 sessions includedTax treatment of poker winnings varies dramatically by country — the United States taxes gambling winnings as ordinary income, the United Kingdom doesn't tax them at all, Canada exempts recreational play, and Germany has a split between hobbyists and Berufsspieler (professional players). PokerCharts generates an annual summary with jurisdiction-specific guidance built in. Pick your country from the picker and the report surfaces the right rules — Schedule 1 vs Schedule C for US recreational vs professional players, HMRC's tax-free position for the UK, CRA's windfall exemption for Canada, or § 2 EStG guidance for Germany. The jurisdiction sticks to your account so you only pick it once.
Tournament and cash game wins that trigger W-2G reporting in the US can be tracked and logged directly within PokerCharts. Record the date, amount, venue, and federal plus state withholding for each W-2G form you receive throughout the year. At tax time, all your W-2G data is aggregated and ready to cross-reference against what your casinos reported to the IRS. This matters most for live tournament players who collect W-2G forms from multiple cardrooms over the year — the aggregated view prevents missed forms and math errors.
Poker-related expenses can significantly reduce your tax liability if you file as a professional and track them properly. PokerCharts lets you log expenses in categories like travel, lodging, tournament entry fees, coaching, software subscriptions, and meals while playing. Each expense is tied to a date and optional session, creating a clear audit trail. For US Schedule C filers and German Berufsspieler this is deduction-ready documentation; for UK and Canadian recreational players it's still useful for proving the source of large bank deposits during anti-money-laundering reviews.
Export your complete year's session detail as a clean CSV that your accountant can import into any tax-prep workflow. Alongside the data, every jurisdiction partial includes plain-language guidance notes — for the US, a reminder that losses are only deductible if itemizing; for Germany, a flag that Berufsspieler classification depends on systematic play and profit intent; for Canada, the line between windfall treatment and business income. The report is not tax advice and carries a clear disclaimer on every page, but it gives you and your tax professional the right shape of data to work from.
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