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发帖数: 4796 | 1 Why hasn't the $1.5 billion Mega Millions winner claimed the prize?
Three weeks after someone hit the biggest Mega Millions jackpot in history,
the winner has still not stepped forward to claim their prize, according to
South Carolina lottery officials - and there might be a strategy behind the
move.
"I'm actually not surprised at all that it's taking them some
time to claim the prize," Michael A. Silver, a financial advisor at
Morgan Stanley, said on Wednesday. "You know, I think it's a little
ironic. You think you win the lottery for $1.5 billion and you never have to
worry about money again. But on the controversy your money worry just went
up about 1000 times."
The winning ticket, which was sold in a KC Mart in the South Carolina town
of Simpsonville, is worth about $1.5 billion in annual installments over
three decades, or an $877 million lump-sum cash package. Winners have 180
days to step forward, or until April 21, according to WLTX, which first
reported the news.
If the ticket is not claimed in the allotted time frame, that money
automatically returns to the participating states, as FOX Business reports,
and each state can use that money for different purposes.
But according to Silver, it's likely that the victor is taking the
necessary time to assemble a group of trusted financial and tax advisers,
attorneys and publicity experts to help them navigate potentially turbulent
waters.
"Someone who's coming into a billionaire instantaneously, they'
re moving into the realm of big money," he said. "And that's a
daunting and massive unknown."
Along with the windfall, comes tax implications: Silver suggested the ticket
-holder hire a tax advisor to ease the https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/
lottery-jackpot-winners-face-big-irs-tabIRS bite, detailed by FOX Business.
If the winner accepts the lump sum cash payout, the total haul would be
about $491.7 million, after federal and state taxes (a 7 percent income tax
in South Carolina, plus the 37 percent federal rate). Away from taxes,
Silver also said victors take the time to create a budget as their expenses
also increase.
"Everyone assumes it's 100 percent a blessing and it's just
wonderful and everything's going to be great, but there's a lot of
thought and preparation and planning that has to go into handling increased
wealth like that," Silver, a senior portfolio manager, said.
Most experts stress that if the winner gets lucky and hits all six numbers -
- a 1 in 302 million chance -- they should first and foremost keep the news
to themselves before hiring a trusted financial adviser to help you avoid
the sudden pitfalls of almost-instantaneous wealth.
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发帖数: 1430 | 2 叔已做好接盘准备，30年计划已拟好就等奖金回彩池了 |
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