<prompt> Human: So, Ive been a lurker for a while and this sub has helped me raise my FICO score by 100 points and bring my debt down to almost zero at this point. Currently owe roughly 5K down from 20K. As the title says...25,000!! That is after I go in for confirmation. Well, firstly I would like to double check to make sure that my math is right for the taxes. Federal tax for sweepstakes winnings is 25 25,000 x 0.256,250 and the state income is 5 25,000 x 0.051,250. So, total that is taken for taxes is 7,500. Which would bring my take home total to 17,500. Provided this is legit and my math is correct, here is my game plan: Pay off debt Credit card 1,500, Car note 1,800, student loan 1,900 10K into my betterment account half for emergency fund and half for my new car fund The remaining 2,546 for my spending account?? Not too sure on this, may add it to the investing account or shrink it down and add less to the spending account.Does this sound like a good plan that rpersonalfinance would approve of? That is...pending the confirmation.  <response>: What exactly did you win? A contest? Did you actually enroll in this contest? 