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To: TobagoJack who wrote (104604)2/27/2014 8:30:19 PM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) of 218157
 
Tax code forces treasure declaration and sale. Else they would face draconian penalties and prison terms. Upside is they get to keep half of $10 million... ;)

Tax collector is coming for ‘greatest buried treasure ever unearthed’

blogs.marketwatch.com

According to Kathleen Pender, a columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle, the couple who found in cans buried on their property more than 1,400 rare gold coins worth more than $10 million will probably owe close to half of that sum in federal and state income tax, whether or not they sell the coins.

She quoted a 2013 tax guide in which the IRS stated: “If you find and keep property that does not belong to you that has been lost or abandoned (treasure-trove), it is taxable to you at its fair market value in the first year it is in your undisputed possession.”
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