A spokesman for the budget department, Morris Peters, agrees that some of the most recent downturn in revenue collections is
because higher income taxpayers are holding off on reaping capital gains profits by delaying deals, presumably because they hope federal tax rates will be lowered.
Taxes
on high income taxpayers will also increase on income from capital gains and dividends as well as inherited estates
The «work - arounds»
affect higher income taxpayers in areas of the state with relatively high property tax levels, especially in the New York City suburbs.
Federal Minister of Finance Bill Morneau is to be commended for cracking down on
very high income taxpayers using private corporations to avoid paying their fair share of tax.
But he says in the long term, the loss of the deduction will only deepen the state's deficits,
as higher income taxpayers leave New York or switch their primary residences to other states with lower state and local taxes.
However, for
higher income taxpayers, Qualified Dividends may be subject to both a higher tax rate and also the Medicare surtax on investment income, which may make them less efficient for those investors.
The Trump plan would provide a new above - the - line deduction for childcare expenses of children under age 13 capped at the state specific average cost for children of that age, as well as for eldercare expenses for a parent (subject to a phase out for
higher income taxpayers).
«There's speculation that
high income taxpayers and employers are anticipating a federal tax cut as soon as this year,» McMahon said.
The school superintendents say in a relatively high tax state like New York,
the highest income taxpayers would be forced to pay thousands of dollars more per year in taxes if they are no longer able to deduct state and local income taxes.
Estimated tax safe harbor for
higher income taxpayers.
b. 100 % of the tax shown on your 2015 tax return (but see Special rules for farmers, fishermen, and
higher income taxpayers, later).
Traditionally this applied to
high income taxpayers because of revenues from sources such as interest, dividends or rent.
However, this deduction may not be available to
higher income taxpayers.
For
higher income taxpayers, the exemption may be phased out.
Granted
some higher income taxpayers didn't receive a benefit from higher tax payments anyway.
Congress intended to apply the AMT to
higher income taxpayers.
Your total deduction for itemized expenses may be reduced if you are
a high income taxpayer.
For
high income taxpayers, moving assets that would be subject to ordinary tax rates (35 % +) to capital gains rates (20 %) also makes a lot of sense.
Congress created the AMT in 1969 so
that high income taxpayers who claim lots of deductions still wind up paying income tax.
Thus, for
some higher income taxpayers, the effective rate on long - term capital gains will increase to 23.8 % (not including State taxes).
The 0.9 % tax applies only to the portion of
a high income taxpayer's earnings that exceed the $ 200,000 or $ 250,000 thresholds.