All taxpayers have the option to
deduct state sales tax.
In the section entitled «Taxes You Paid» be sure to check the box indicating your choice to
deduct state sales tax instead of state income tax and enter the amount of your deduction.
In California, where the state income tax is so high, you would usually choose to deduct the state income tax, so you lose the opportunity to
deduct any state sales tax (or, if you buy something so expensive that the sales tax is greater than the state income tax, you can deduct the state sales tax but then you lose the opportunity to deduct the state income tax).
If you live in a state with no income tax, consider
deducting state sales tax and local sales taxes that you paid.
If you didn't deduct State income tax because
you deducted State sales tax instead, then the State income tax refund is not taxable income on the Federal tax return.
Not exact matches
But Brady said Republicans are considering the possibility of giving taxpayers an option to
deduct $ 10,000 in
state and local property
taxes, income
taxes or
sales taxes.
Taxpayers who itemize deductions on their federal income
tax returns can
deduct state and local real estate and personal property
taxes as well as either income
taxes or general
sales taxes.
You may
deduct up to $ 10,000 ($ 5,000 if married filing separately) for a combination of property
taxes and either
state and local income
taxes or
sales taxes.
Under current law, taxpayers not claiming the standard deduction can
deduct both their
state and local property
taxes, and either their
state and local income
taxes or their
state and local
sales taxes, whichever is higher.
Or, you can choose to
deduct state and local
sales taxes (instead of
state and local income
taxes), but you can not
deduct both.
The limit also applies to
sales tax for taxpayers who live in
states with no income
tax and have been able to
deduct sales tax.
State and local income and
sales taxes, including real estate property
taxes, can be
deducted up to a limit of $ 10,000 (or $ 5,000 for those with married - filing - separate status).
The biggest
tax break for individuals allows people who live in
states without an income
tax to
deduct state and local
sales taxes on their federal returns.
Starting next year, you won't be able to
deduct more than $ 10,000 of the combined total of your
state and local income
taxes and your local property
taxes on your personal federal income
tax return (or
sales plus property
taxes in
states where there is no income
tax).
Right now, for
tax year 2017, you can
deduct the
state and local income
taxes you paid during the
tax year or the
sales taxes you paid — but not both.
Previously, you could
deduct sales, property, and local and
state income
taxes.
Taxpayers will be able to
deduct a limited amount of
state and local income or
sales taxes on their federal returns as part of the deal between Senate and House Republicans to finalize a major
tax overhaul, Rep. Kevin Brady, R - Texas, said Thursday.
It retains the historic
tax credit, which was used to restore the Hotel Syracuse, it no longer
taxes the tuition waivers that some graduate students use to pay for school and it allows taxpayers some flexibility on whether they want to
deduct their
state income,
sales or property
taxes - capped at $ 10,000.
The SALT deduction lets taxpayers
deduct their
state and local income or
sales taxes, whichever are greater, and their
state and local property
taxes.
And it also ends the full deductibility of
state and local
taxes, offering instead a $ 10,000 cap for
deducting property,
sales and
state income
taxes — a big hit to Long Island and New York, as well as other high -
tax states.
That's because under the
tax plan, taxpayers would no longer be able to
deduct their local or
state sales or income
taxes on their federal returns.
Stefanik said at the time she could still vote for the final bill and would work to change its treatment of the SALT deduction, which under current law allows taxpayers to
deduct property and
sales taxes, and
state income
taxes.
Filers will no longer be able to
deduct their property
taxes or their
state and local income or
sales tax.
How many of you are aware that you can choose to
deduct either your
state income
tax or your
state and local
sales taxes?
You may also write off the cost of RV
sales tax in lieu of
deducting state income
tax.
To avoid the need to report any subsequent
state or local income
tax refunds as income, many taxpayers who itemize deductions will chose to claim a deduction for
state and local
sales tax instead of
deducting state and local income
taxes.
The IRS allows taxpayers to
deduct either
state and local income
tax or
state and local
sales taxes.
Taxpayers may choose to
deduct either
state and local
sales tax or income
tax, but not both.
However, you can
deduct state and local
sales and excise
taxes you paid on the purchase of a new:
IRS has tables for residents of
states with
sales taxes showing how much they can
deduct.
Note that you may not
deduct both
State income
tax and
State sales tax, you must choose one or the other.
You can only
deduct 1 of the 2 from
state, local income
taxes OR
sales taxes.
Beginning in 2010, buyers of new vehicles no longer get a
tax benefit for
sales tax paid on new vehicles, unless they itemize and elect to
deduct sales taxes instead of
state income
taxes.
You may
deduct up to $ 10,000 ($ 5,000 if married filing separately) for a combination of property
taxes and either
state and local income
taxes or
sales taxes.
Once itemizing is worthwhile, taxpayers can also
deduct other qualifying expenses, like charitable donations, personal property
tax,
state and local income
taxes or
sales taxes, limited medical expenses and limited employee business expenses and other miscellaneous expenses.
The IRS allows you to either (1) use your actual
sales taxes (as documented by keeping receipts) OR (2) use a table based approach where you lookup a spending amount by income level, and then apply your
state / local rate to get an imputed amount of
sales tax to
deduct.
WARNING: if you are itemizing and choose to
deduct your
state / local
sales tax rather than your
state / local income
tax, be careful.
If you take the standard deduction, the IRS won't allow you to
deduct property
taxes, as well as
state income or
sales taxes.
You can
deduct your
state and local
sales taxes instead of
state and local income
taxes.
State and local taxes: Taxpayers have a choice to deduct either state and local income tax or state and local sales tax (but not b
State and local
taxes: Taxpayers have a choice to
deduct either
state and local income tax or state and local sales tax (but not b
state and local income
tax or
state and local sales tax (but not b
state and local
sales tax (but not both).
You can
deduct either your
state's
sales tax or income
tax, but not both, on Schedule A of Internal Revenue Service Form 1040.
Deducting sales tax can be a big help if you live in a
state with low or no income
tax, but keeping track of
sales tax can be challenging.
The IRS has tables that show how much residents of various
states can
deduct, based on their income and
state and local
sales tax rates.
You must choose between
deducting state and local income
taxes or
state and local
sales taxes.
Taxpayers who are still able to itemize deductions will only be able to
deduct up to a limit of $ 10,000 of combined
state and local income
taxes and property
taxes (or
sales tax) paid.
In order to do so you can only
deduct state and local
sales taxes instead of income
taxes on Form 1040, Schedule A.
In reality, most people would also
deduct charitable contributions and either
state income
tax or
sales taxes.
Some other
tax issues for this year that are still up for grabs include:
deducting state and local
sales taxes instead of
state income
taxes, the classroom teacher deduction of $ 250, allowing senior citizens to transfer IRS funds to charity
tax free, the tuition and fees deduction for college expenses, and a whole host of business related
tax incentives.
Taxpayers can choose to itemize their deductions instead, which means they
deduct specific qualifying expenses, including mortgage interest payments,
state and local income or
sales tax and charitable donations.
State & local tax (SALT) deduction: Itemizers can deduct state income, sales and property t
State & local
tax (SALT) deduction: Itemizers can
deduct state income, sales and property t
state income,
sales and property
taxes.