You can file your state and federal tax returns at any point before the filing deadline and use the refund money from the state refund to pay the tax
liability on your federal return.
Therefore, the taxpayer will generally be required to report the difference of $ 700 (the total amount of the refunds)
on the federal return for 2012.
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.
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 is good to know that if we can
itemize on our federal returns there are numerous deductions and tax savings available to each of us when we buy a home and potentially when we sell one as well.
And if you use tax preparation software such as TurboTax, the information you
report on your federal return automatically transfers to any state forms you need to prepare.
That payment gets applied to your 2017 state tax return as tax paid, but if you pay the estimated payment on January 15th, you can't claim it as a deduction
on your federal return until you file your 2018 tax return.
Enter the amount of the fee paid for an initial screening to become a possible bone marrow donor, provided you were not reimbursed for the fee and did not claim a deduction for the
fee on your federal return.
For example, if state income taxes increase by $ 100 for families claiming the SALT deduction
on their federal returns who are in the 35 percent federal income tax bracket, the net cost to them is $ 65; that is, state taxes go up by $ 100, but federal taxes go down by $ 35.
For example, if your state has a low standard deduction but allows you to use the itemized deductions from your Federal return, it may be beneficial to accept a smaller deduction
on your Federal return in exchange for a larger deduction on your state return.
If you take the American Opportunity Credit or the Lifetime Learning
Credit on your federal return instead of the tuition and fees deduction, you can't take the tuition and fees deduction on your Iowa return.
On an original Iowa return, married taxpayers are free to choose any of the three statuses above, regardless of what they
chose on the federal return.
Are there any situations, including California workers who make more or less than my $ 118,000 hypothetical California annual income, where people deduct California state income taxes
paid on their federal return (which reduces their federal Adjusted Gross Income)?
No pro-ration needs to be done; whatever you
put on your federal return for a student loan interest deduction is what you put as a deduction in arriving at Wisconsin - source income.
But it also looks like Georgia has an exclusion for retirement income available to most taxpayers, so even if you have taxable Social Security
benefits on your federal return, you might qualify for an exclusion on your Georgia return.
A taxpayer may also claim an exemption for each person age 65 or older (related or not) who does not qualify as a
dependent on a federal return, but one of the following applies:
But they MUST apply community property
laws on those federal returns, so they will have to split their income and deductions according to community property laws, same as in the «John and Betty» example above.
Depending upon what state you live in, you can often claim your itemized deductions in your state even though they were
lost on your federal return.
You may claim this deduction on your Virginia return only if you were eligible to claim a credit for child and dependent care
expenses on your federal return.
If your California itemized deductions don't exceed your standard deduction, you can take your standard deduction even if you
itemized on your federal return.
Unless you're holed up on Gobbler's Knob with Punxsutawney Phil, you know that a new law will limit to $ 10,000 the amount you can
deduct on your federal return for state and local taxes.
If you underpaid your state tax in 2016 and end up having to send extra tax in when you fill out your 2016 state tax return in 2017, that extra tax you paid would not be
deductible on your federal return until your 2017 return, since you paid it in 2017.