Manhattan taxpayers had the nation's
highest average deduction for state and local taxes ($ 24,652) while in the Syracuse area the average deduction was $ 4,057, according to a Tax Foundation study.
Connecticut residents take the second -
highest average deduction for state and local taxes.
New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, California, Massachusetts, Illinois, Maryland, Rhode Island and Vermont are the states (plus the District of Columbia) with
the highest average deduction for state and local taxes.
Finally, rounding out our list of the top 10 states with
the highest average deduction for state and local taxes is Vermont, where 27.41 % of returns took SALT deductions.
Residents of New York take
the highest average deduction for state and local taxes, according to IRS data.
Not exact matches
Married couples filing jointly typically claim
higher deductions,
averaging more than $ 39,000 in 2014.
(King's district, which covers the southern part of Nassau County, is the only one in the state where the
average property tax
deduction is
higher than the
average income tax
deduction.)
Democrats argue that's a bad deal for
average taxpayers, saying the elimination of
deductions and the personal exemption would, for many voters, result in
higher tax bills.
He says that in addition to downstate counties such as Westchester that report
high average SALT
deductions, comparatively larger
average amounts included $ 18,492 in Saratoga County, $ 15,870 in Albany County, $ 15,551 in Columbia County.
California had a
high deduction claim, with the
average deduction amount adding up to more than $ 15,000.
The mortgage interest
deduction is now limited to $ 750,000 in debt, a fact that will primarily impact residents of those already mentioned
higher cost states where the
average value of homes often exceeds $ 1 million.
The only thing I would point out is that since
deductions work against your
highest tax - bracket income first, you should be using your marginal (
highest) tax rate rather than your effective (
average) tax rate when considering the benefit of a mortgage interest
deduction.
It also says the money flows disproportionately to
high - tax and
high - cost states; in 2008, the
average mortgage interest
deduction claimed by Californians was $ 18,876, versus $ 7,992 for Oklahomans.