Like many states, Rhode Island uses federal taxable income, as determined under the current IRC (but without
special deductions allowed under federal law), as the starting point for determining taxable income for purposes of the business corporation tax.
However, if your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) is less than $ 80,000 ($ 160,000 if filing a joint return), there is
a special deduction allowed for paying interest on a student loan (also known as an education loan) used for higher education.
Not exact matches
The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 defines tax expenditures as «revenue losses attributable to provisions of the Federal tax laws which
allow a
special exclusion, exemption, or
deduction from gross income or which provide a
special credit, a preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability.»
The charitable
deduction falls into a category of revenue losses, so - called tax expenditures, attributable «to provisions of the Federal tax laws which
allow a
special exclusion, exemption, or
deduction from gross income or which provide a
special credit, a preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability.»
To help business owners stay in operation, the tax code
allows a
special tax
deduction, known as loss carry - forward, when losses occur.
For Canadian tax purposes, Rob would include the $ 100,000 in his Canadian tax return as foreign pension income (as illustrated by the mechanics in the case above), but he would get an offsetting
deduction for a $ 100,000 RRSP contribution since there is a
special rule that
allows you to contribute IRA funds to an RRSP without needing unused RRSP room.
In addition to
allowing the use of the standard
deduction for these losses, the law also
allows for
special treatment of qualified disaster distributions from eligible retirement plans including: