{"id":13224,"date":"2015-05-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/alabama-facing-deficit-reluctantly-mulls-gambling-and-taxes\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:59:15","slug":"alabama-facing-deficit-reluctantly-mulls-gambling-and-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/alabama-facing-deficit-reluctantly-mulls-gambling-and-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama, Facing Deficit, Reluctantly Mulls Gambling and Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IRS problems aren&#039;t as complicated as they look once you see the structure. I&#039;m attorney Darrin Mish. I&#039;ve represented taxpayers before the IRS for three decades \u2014 in Florida, Colorado, Texas, and internationally. Here&#039;s the plain-English breakdown.<\/p>\n<p>www.nytimes.com \u2014 After years of subjecting it to crackdowns and police raids, Bible Belt oratory and admonitions about corruption, Alabama lawmakers are now seeking fiscal salvation from an old nemesis: gambling.<\/p>\n<p>The State Senate president, a Republican, is pushing a state constitutional amendment that would not only institute a state lottery, but also allow traditional slots and casino table games at several racetracks across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/05\/08\/us\/alabama-facing-deficit-reluctantly-mulls-gambling-and-taxes.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama, Facing Deficit, Reluctantly Mulls Gambling and Taxes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out more <a href=\"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/category\/irs-news\/\">Tax News<\/a> stories by clicking that link.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"rank-math-contact-info wpseo_map_compat\"><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"rank-math-contact-info wpseo_address_compat show-address show-address-only\"><div class=\"rank-math-contact-section rank-math-contact-address\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"rank-math-contact-info wpseo_opening_hours_compat\"><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRS problems aren&#039;t as complicated as they look once you see the structure. I&#039;m attorney Darrin Mish. I&#039;ve represented taxpayers before the IRS for three decades \u2014 in Florida, Colorado, Texas, and internationally. Here&#039;s the plain-English breakdown. www.nytimes.com \u2014 After years of subjecting it to crackdowns and police raids, Bible Belt oratory and admonitions about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[591],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irs-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22492,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13224\/revisions\/22492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}