Since you're specifically asking about
the STANDARD deduction available to Indian students under the Indo - US treaty, then the answer for this specific question is NO.
The maximum
standard deduction available to children is the same deduction available to all taxpayers for the applicable tax year.
Not exact matches
Be aware, however, that beginning in 2018, the total value of all your
available deductions would need to be greater than the new, higher
standard deductions under the legislation — i.e., $ 24,000 for married couples filing jointly — or you won't benefit from the
deduction for charitable giving.
A special category of
deductions, called itemized
deductions, is valuable only to taxpayers whose sum of itemized
deductions exceeds the
standard deduction amounts
available to all tax filers.
Standard benefits for families are changed significantly, with an eye toward simplifying the vast array of benefits (standard deductions, personal exemptions, child credits, etc.) currently av
Standard benefits for families are changed significantly, with an eye toward simplifying the vast array of benefits (
standard deductions, personal exemptions, child credits, etc.) currently av
standard deductions, personal exemptions, child credits, etc.) currently
available:
«If the
standards and
deductions are being increased, if there's other benefits from the simplifcation of taxes, if the alternate minimum tax changes and its not
available anymore, it still may be a reduction in taxes,» said DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse.
Even if the death occurred on January 1, the full
standard deduction is
available.
A
standard deduction amount is
available for all filling their income taxes; however, if your situation fits into one of a few specific categories, you may be allowed to take a higher
deduction.
Filing as head of household provides you with a larger
standard deduction and allows you to take advantage of tax brackets that are more favorable than those
available to single taxpayers.
If your child is blind, a larger
standard deduction is
available, but only on a separate tax return for the child.
Tax benefits are quite small unless your itemized
deductions are much above the
standard deduction, and income is
available in the stock case, though you might occassionally have to sell a few shares every now and then.
That is, the
deduction is usually not
available if the taxpayer claims the
standard deduction.
In reality his tax would be even lower with the
standard deduction and other
deductions available, but there isn't enough space in this post to get into that.
This report does not address personal exemptions or
deductions that are
available to every filer over some specified age, like the federal provision for a larger
standard deduction for people who are 65 years old or older than for those under 65.
As it reduces your AGI instead of being itemized, this is an additional benefit as it makes more government services
available and allows you to continue to take the
standard deduction.
The next savings
available is the «
standard deduction.»
The only reason to itemize your
deductions is if your
deductions for mortgage interest, property taxes, medical expenses, etc. total more than the
standard deduction that is
available for your filing class.
As the government reintroduces
standard deductions, the tax exemptions
available on medical reimbursement and transport allowance have been removed.
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.
If you itemize you'll find that you can now deduct many other items that are not
available to you taking just the
standard deduction.