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When you first get money, if it is from a taxable source, you pay tax on it no matter where you plan to keep the money. Just because you plan to keep it at home doesn't make it exempt from tax. For example, if your employer pays you a salary, you have to pay taxes when you get your salary even if you plan on keeping it in your home.

But if you just throw the money in a desk drawer or under your mattress, there is no additional tax for keeping it there and no additional tax for later removing it and spending it. Of course, if you spend it on something that is subject to sales tax, you have to pay sales tax whether you get the money from your home or from your bank.

On the other hand, if you buy a home and a number of years later find that the previous owner had stashed a large amount of cash in the attic behind a loose board, the money that you found could be taxable if you keep it.

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