Even though Barbara would still be able to claim all of
her itemized deductions under the new law, she would lose the benefit of her personal exemption.
Arguably the biggest losers of tax reform will be the roughly 25 % of taxpayers who
itemized their deductions under the previous tax law, who will no longer be able to do so.
For the most part, an individual may claim those deductions allowable as
itemized deductions under the Internal Revenue Code.
Because of the raising of the standard deduction and other changes like the reduction of the SALT deduction only around 5 % of filers will
itemize deductions under the new Republican tax plan, (7 million filers estimated in linked Tax Policy Center report, page 7, in analysis of previous House version).
• It's estimated that less than 10 % of taxpayers will need to
itemize deductions under TCJA.
Won't be
itemizing your deductions under the new tax bill?
In fact, it is estimated that fewer than 10 % of households will even
itemize deductions under the new rules (down from approximately 33 % of households today).
Not exact matches
Under previous tax law, anyone making above a certain amount — $ 313,800 for couples filing jointly in 2017 — faced a ceiling on how much they could subtract from their taxable income through
itemized deductions.
Under current tax law, you can deduct charitable contributions of money or property made to qualified organizations if you
itemize your
deductions.
Under the TCJA, the standard
deduction was essentially doubled to $ 12,000 for single filers and $ 24,000 to joint filers, while many
itemized deduction were repealed or reduced.
The standard
deduction and some
itemized deductions are disallowed
under the alternative minimum tax (AMT).
Under the Republican tax overhaul, a significant number of households will lose the tax benefit from charitable giving because they will no longer
itemize their
deductions.
Under sweeping tax reform proposals being discussed in Congress, millions of taxpayers may no longer be
itemizing tax
deductions in 2018.
Under the new bill, the standard
deduction — the amount taxpayers can subtract from their taxable income without listing, or
itemizing,
deductions on their tax returns — will rise to $ 12,000 for individuals and $ 24,000 for married couples.
Itemized deductions will mostly stay the same for 2017 tax year (medical
deductions improve
under the new tax bill).
In 2014, more than 90 percent of tax returns reporting adjusted gross income (AGI) over $ 500,000
itemized deductions, compared with just
under half of those with AGI between $ 50,000 and $ 100,000 and less than 10 percent of those with AGI
under $ 30,000 (figure 2).
Here's the problem:
under the old federal tax code, the SALT
deduction essentially was a discount equal to the marginal rate faced by
itemizing taxpayers.
Those
deductions and countless others could be eliminated
under a tax reform plan that includes a vastly higher standard
deduction, which would be aimed at making it easier for people to file their taxes without
itemizing.
A third of New Yorkers
itemized their federal tax filings last year; the number is expected to sharply decline with the near doubling of the standard
deduction level
under the new federal law.
If the total of the
itemized deductions is less than the standard
deduction, the taxpayer may chose a standard
deduction under specific circumstances.
Record sales tax as an
itemized deduction on Schedule A.
Under item 5 in «Taxes You Paid,» mark box B and record your total general sales tax payments.
According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the following expenses qualify
under the
itemized deductions category:
Itemized deductions will mostly stay the same for 2017 tax year (medical
deductions improve
under the new tax bill).
The main point I want to make today is:
under either of the separate filing statuses, you must allocate
itemized deductions based on income.
Form 1040EZ is generally used by single / married taxpayers with taxable income
under $ 100,000, no dependents, no
itemized deductions, and certain types of income (including wages, salaries, tips, some scholarships / grants, and unemployment compensation).
The upshot:
Under the tax law through 2017, if you're married filing jointly and you paid $ 15,000 in mortgage interest and property taxes in 2017, you would
itemize those
deductions because they exceed the standard
deduction of $ 12,700.
Under prior law, a married couple with $ 20,000 in
deductions such as charitable contributions, mortgage interest, and state and local taxes would
itemize rather than claim the $ 13,000 standard
deduction.
The
itemized deduction for state income tax can be used against ordinary income that's taxed at 39.6 %, which means the effective rate of tax on the capital gain
under the regular income tax could be about 16 % versus 27 % in the AMT calculation, producing a difference of eleven percentage points.
Under the new law, this couple will claim a $ 24,000 standard
deduction — and obtain no tax benefit from the payments they would have claimed when
itemizing.
It is now estimated that less than 10 % of taxpayers will
itemize deductions in 2018
under the new tax law.
Under the new tax plan, only 10 percent of taxpayers are expected to
itemize deductions.
The standard
deduction and some
itemized deductions are disallowed
under the alternative minimum tax (AMT).
(1) estimated
itemized deductions allowable
under chapter 1 (other than the
deductions referred to in section 151 and other than the
deductions required to be taken into account in determining adjusted gross income
under section 62 (a)(other than paragraph (10) thereof)-RRB-,
Form 1040EZ is generally used by single / married taxpayers with taxable income
under $ 100,000, no dependents, no
itemized deductions, and certain types of income (including wages, salaries, tips, taxable scholarships or fellowship grants, and unemployment compensation).
For example,
under pre-2018 laws, a 70 - year - old retired couple who pay $ 10,000 in state income tax, $ 5,000 in property taxes and $ 10,000 in charitable gifts would typically
itemize their
deductions, because they total $ 25,000 vs. their $ 15,200 standard
deduction ($ 12,700 plus $ 1,250 over age 65 per person additional
deduction).
At the end of the worksheet, the result is entered into Line 38 of 1040NR (the «
Itemized deductions» line) or Line 11 of 1040NR - EZ (the «
Itemized deductions» line), and you put «Standard
Deduction Allowed
Under U.S. — India Income Tax Treaty» in the space to the left of the line.
Charitable donations are still going to be deductible
under the new tax law, but with the loss of the state income tax
deduction and the doubling of the standard
deduction, many people will be claiming the standard
deduction instead of
itemizing in the future.
The personal exemption phaseout and the Pease rule for reducing
itemized deductions are revived, but at higher income levels than
under prior law.
'' (3) Any amount deducted from gross income
under section 164 of the Code as state, local, or foreign income tax or tax, as state or local general sales tax tax, or as qualified motor vehicle tax to the extent that the taxpayer's total
itemized deductions deducted
under the Code for the taxable year exceed the standard
deduction allowable to the taxpayer
under the Code reduced by the amount the taxpayer is required to add to taxable income
under subdivision (4) of this subsection.subsection (a2) of this section.»
- In calculating North Carolina taxable income, a taxpayer may deduct either the standard
deduction amount listed in the table below for that taxpayer's filing status or the
itemized deductions amount elected claimed
under section 63 of the Code.
Married couples who files
under this status generally have separate high income and / or large
itemized deductions (e.g., from charitable contributions or medical expenses).
Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(A), if the expenses incurred by an employee for the use of a vehicle in performing services described in paragraph (1) exceed the qualified reimbursements for such expenses, such excess shall be taken into account in computing the miscellaneous
itemized deductions of the employee
under section 67.
Only 6.0 percent of tax returns with
under $ 25,000 in income chose to
itemize deductions in 2013.
Specifically, the rules stipulate that
under IRC Section 68, for every $ 1 of income over the specified threshold, 3 % of that amount will be subtracted from the taxpayer's
itemized deductions.
«Proposed changes — such as the increased standard
deduction and elimination of other
itemized deductions — mean that many who claim the mortgage interest
deduction under today's tax laws will no longer be able to do so,» said Danielle Hale, chief economist at realtor.com ®, in a statement.
Under the agreement so called «Pease Limitations» that reduce the value of
itemized deductions are permanently repealed for most taxpayers but will be reinstituted for high income filers.
Tax experts estimate that 95 percent of homeowners today would find it makes more sense to take the standard
deduction rather than
itemize under the Administration's plan.
But
under today's tax code, her monthly costs actually go down, according to an NAR analysis, because when she claims all of the
itemized deductions available to her as a home owner, she ends up with a net tax benefit of over $ 3,300, or roughly $ 275 a month, compared to what she would get by taking the standard
deduction.
NAR estimates that only the wealthiest 5 percent of households would continue to
itemize under some of the proposed changes, while currently the bulk of households that take advantage of MID and property tax
deductions are middle class.
(Sec. 11045) This section suspends all miscellaneous
itemized deductions that are subject to the 2 % floor
under present law.