Some of the most
common itemized tax deductions include, but are not limited to medical expenses, charitable contributions, state and local taxes, foreign taxes, mortgage interest deductions, mortgage points, health insurance if you are self employed, and losses related to natural disasters.
Not exact matches
The most
common «preference» items, however, are for state and local
tax deductions, personal exemptions, and miscellaneous
itemized deductions — not items normally thought of as preferences or shelters.
Another pair of
common itemized deductions, especially for homeowners, is for mortgage interest and real property
tax payments.
In addition, you can not
itemize deductions; you can only apply
common adjustments, such as student loan interest or an individual retirement account
deduction; and you can only claim
common tax credits such as the childcare credit or earned income credit.
Taking the standard
deduction is the easiest and most
common method chosen by filers, but many taxpayers may wind up paying less
tax if they
itemize qualified expenses.
Common deductions that are
itemized on a
tax return include medical costs, state or local income
taxes, real estate
taxes, donations to charities, mortgage interest payments and business expenses that weren't reimbursed.
I've written about this before here, but the most
common itemized deductions are mortgage interest, property
taxes and charitable contributions.
The most
common expenses which allow you to «
itemize deductions» are real property
taxes, mortgage interest, state income
taxes, and charitable contributions.
The IRS knows that one of the most
common ways to cheat on
taxes is via
itemized deductions.
Taxpayers are likely to
itemize their
deductions if they have expenses like charitable giving, mortgage interest, real and personal property
tax, unreimbursed employee business expenses and other
common itemized deductions in their completed
tax return.
If you usually take the standard
deduction — which will become more
common, thanks to the higher standard
deduction introduced by 2017's
tax law — you might bunch two or three years of charitable contributions into one
tax year and see if that allows you to
itemize.
Tax deductions, both standard and
itemized, range from the obvious to the obscure, but here are some
common ones to start off with: