For example, the West Virginia 529 plan offers West Virginia taxpayers
state income tax deductions in the amount of their contributions.
Not exact matches
However, «if you don't use your own
state's plan, and you live
in a
state with
income taxes, you may miss out on a
tax deduction,» warns Egan.
Trump and Republicans
in Congress may argue that abolishing the
deduction for
state and local
taxes would be more than offset by cuts
in income tax rates.
Lottery winners
in 2018 also face a different set of
tax circumstances that may affect their final
tax bill, including a slightly reduced top
tax rate (37 percent, versus 39.6 percent
in 2017), and a capping of paid
state and local
income, sales and property
taxes at $ 10,000 as an itemized
deduction.
Although Republicans generally support the bill's broader themes, including a sharp cut
in the corporate
income tax, there are rumblings of dissent over other elements, including repeal of the
deduction for
state and local
income tax (SALT) payments.
State and local governments saw a big jump
in tax revenues
in the final three months of 2017, due
in large part to an increase
in the prepayment of
income and property
taxes as some high -
income residents sought to take advantage of
deductions that will be sharply reduced
in 2018.
The Rockefeller Institute of Government, which released a new
state revenue report on Monday, said that «The
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacted in late December 2017, created strong incentives for some high - income taxpayers to act fast and prepay their state and local income and property taxes to take advantage of the expiring tax breaks, namely the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, which is capped at $ 10,000 per year as of January 1, 2018.&raq
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacted
in late December 2017, created strong incentives for some high -
income taxpayers to act fast and prepay their
state and local
income and property
taxes to take advantage of the expiring
tax breaks, namely the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, which is capped at $ 10,000 per year as of January 1, 2018.&raq
tax breaks, namely the
state and local
tax (SALT) deduction, which is capped at $ 10,000 per year as of January 1, 2018.&raq
tax (SALT)
deduction, which is capped at $ 10,000 per year as of January 1, 2018.»
This was likely a last - minute concession to appease lawmakers
in high -
tax states, like New York and California; a previous version of the
tax bill eliminated
deductions for
state and local
income taxes entirely.
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.
Under the Trump regime, these counties
in the most expensive parts of the country are net losers, especially after reducing mortgage interest
deduction and
state income tax deduction
By capping
state income and propery
tax deductions at $ 10,000, residents living
in high
state tax and high property price cities are getting an uppercut to the chin.
Let's look at Julie and Frank, retirees who live
in a
state with no
income tax, have paid off their home, and have limited
deductions.
To better compare
income tax burdens across counties, we applied relevant
deductions and exemptions before calculating federal,
state and local
income taxes for a family making $ 50,000 annual
income in each location.
States tend to allow fewer deductions and credits than the federal government does, but especially in states with state - level Earned Income Tax Credits, eliminating deductions and credits outright (perhaps except for a standard exemption, but even that could be hard to implement) would be a significant change, and potentially a tax hike on poor fam
States tend to allow fewer
deductions and credits than the federal government does, but especially
in states with state - level Earned Income Tax Credits, eliminating deductions and credits outright (perhaps except for a standard exemption, but even that could be hard to implement) would be a significant change, and potentially a tax hike on poor fam
states with
state - level Earned
Income Tax Credits, eliminating deductions and credits outright (perhaps except for a standard exemption, but even that could be hard to implement) would be a significant change, and potentially a tax hike on poor famili
Tax Credits, eliminating
deductions and credits outright (perhaps except for a standard exemption, but even that could be hard to implement) would be a significant change, and potentially a
tax hike on poor famili
tax hike on poor families.
That's because without the SALT
deduction, taxpayers are paying
taxes on
income that has already been given to the
state or local governments
in the form of
taxes.
Beginning
in 2018, there's a new $ 10,000 cap on
deductions for a combined amount for personal property, real estate and
state and local
income taxes.
Beginning
in 2018, the
deduction is limited to a total of $ 10,000 for the cost of property
taxes, and
state and local
income taxes or sales
taxes.
Americans
in Democratic - leaning
states, which typically have higher
income and property
taxes, are also adversely affected by this bill's new $ 10,000 cap on the
state and local
income and property
tax deduction.
Meanwhile, high -
income individuals living
in high -
tax states will generally see
tax increases, largely because of the planned elimination of the
state and local
tax («SALT»)
deduction.
But things are going to get more painful for the upper middle class
in 2018 with the proposed elimination of
state income taxes, capping mortgage interest
deduction, and limiting property
tax deduction to $ 10,000.
In states that allow itemized
deductions, homeowners can usually deduct mortgage interest on their
state income taxes as well.
In a 2002 study, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) estimated that roughly 950,000
tax filers would have saved more than $ 470 million on their 1998
tax returns if they had itemized mortgage interest and
state and local
income taxes instead of claiming the standard
deduction.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo went to the Teamsters Local 456 headquarters
in his home county of Westchester on federal
Tax Day to sign legislation that he said was intended to circumvent the new federal tax law, which caps income tax deductions for state and local tax
Tax Day to sign legislation that he said was intended to circumvent the new federal
tax law, which caps income tax deductions for state and local tax
tax law, which caps
income tax deductions for state and local tax
tax deductions for
state and local
taxes.
Tentative deals have been reached on parts of a new
state budget, including about $ 1 billion
in additional funding for public schools, a work - around for some higher -
income New Yorkers to reduce the impact of new federal
tax deduction limits, and a freeze on what Albany sends to local governments around the
state.
«It may still be a reduction
in taxes, but the remedy not being able to deduct their property
taxes as a
deduction on their federal
income tax returns is for New York
state not to
tax so much.
Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier this week said the
state was exploring using a payroll
tax as an alternative to the
income tax in order to help residents hurt by new limits on
deductions of
state taxes from federal returns, under a sweeping overhaul of the U.S.
tax code passed
in late December.
Heastie said earlier this week
in Albany that it would be crazy to go forward with the millionaires
tax because that would add an incentive for the wealthy to flee the
state since the the new
tax bill would slam the rich by limiting the federal
deduction for
state and local
income taxes.
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli issued a report that finds New York residents «stand to lose more than $ 72 billion
in reported
deductions for
income and property
taxes» if the proposals to change the federal
tax code are approved.
Klein said portions of the budget that are now agreed to include fixes to the partial loss of
state and local
income tax deductions in the new federal
tax laws.
«It is critically important, now more than ever, to make sure government controls spending
in light of the federal cap on
deductions for
state and local
taxes,» Law said, referring to the $ 10,000 limit on
deductions of local property
taxes and
state income taxes on federal returns.
Cuomo has been speaking out nearly every day against a proposal
in the federal
tax overhaul plan to eliminate
state and local
tax deductions from federal
income tax filings.
In Democratic districts along Manhattan's Upper East and Upper West sides,
state income tax deductions were worth $ 45,122 and $ 39,867 more than property
tax deductions, respectively.
Klein says portions of the budget that are now agreed to include fixes to the partial loss of
state and local
income tax deductions in the new federal
tax laws.
In the district of Rep. Dan Donovan (R - Staten Island), the only GOP House member from New York City, the gap between the average
state income tax deduction and average property
tax deduction is $ 6,820.
(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.)
One idea floated
in earlier discussions would cap the
state and local
tax deduction for those with annual
incomes at a level between $ 200,000 and $ 400,000.
A report from the comptroller's office found that a proposal to eliminate the
state and local
tax deductions from federal
income tax forms could result
in a loss of $ 72 billion
in deductions for New Yorkers.
The
tax overhaul plan proposed by President Trump and now being considered
in Congress would end the
deduction on federal
income tax forms for
state and local property
taxes.
Faso said the bill's removal of the federal
deduction for
state income taxes and the limit on
deductions for local property
taxes will affect New York families more severely than those
in other
states.
New York taxpayers are second only to California ($ 97 billion)
in the total amount claimed as IRS
deductions for
state and local
taxes — mostly because
income and property
taxes in the two
states are generally higher than the rest of the nation.
If the switch from a
state income tax to a payroll
tax results
in less revenue for the federal government, Congress might decide to no longer allow the
deduction.
This will allow taxpayers
in New York to continue to take the full
deduction against their New York
State income tax.
Compounding the problem, President Trump and congressional Republicans aim to eliminate or curtail
state and local
tax deductions to help pay for federal
income -
tax rate cuts
in top brackets.
But the governor — who teasingly sidestepped chants that he run for president — did not mention President Donald Trump's name, choosing instead to lambaste Republicans
in Congress for efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and end
state and local
deductions on the federal
income tax.
Allowing taxpayers to use the proposed $ 10,000
deduction for property
taxes also for
state income and sales
taxes is one option on the table as Congress begins to hammer out differences
in the House and Senate
tax bills, a key lawmaker said.
But he says
in the long term, the loss of the
deduction will only deepen the
state's deficits, as higher
income taxpayers leave New York or switch their primary residences to other
states with lower
state and local
taxes.
Reed, a Corning Republican who is drafting a
tax - reform compromise
in which that
deduction may be turned into a
tax credit with limits for upper -
income homeowners, said on Facebook that his plan would ensure a
tax cut for local property taxpayers
in New York
State.
Tax Overhaul — Motion to Concur — Vote Passed (224 - 201, 7 Not Voting) Brady, R - Texas, motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the tax overhaul that would revise the federal income tax system by: lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent; lowering individual tax rates through 2025; limiting state and local deductions to $ 10,000 through 2025; decreasing the limit on deductible mortgage debt through 2025; and creating a new system of taxing U.S. corporations with foreign subsidiari
Tax Overhaul — Motion to Concur — Vote Passed (224 - 201, 7 Not Voting) Brady, R - Texas, motion to concur
in the Senate amendment to the
tax overhaul that would revise the federal income tax system by: lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent; lowering individual tax rates through 2025; limiting state and local deductions to $ 10,000 through 2025; decreasing the limit on deductible mortgage debt through 2025; and creating a new system of taxing U.S. corporations with foreign subsidiari
tax overhaul that would revise the federal
income tax system by: lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent; lowering individual tax rates through 2025; limiting state and local deductions to $ 10,000 through 2025; decreasing the limit on deductible mortgage debt through 2025; and creating a new system of taxing U.S. corporations with foreign subsidiari
tax system by: lowering the corporate
tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent; lowering individual tax rates through 2025; limiting state and local deductions to $ 10,000 through 2025; decreasing the limit on deductible mortgage debt through 2025; and creating a new system of taxing U.S. corporations with foreign subsidiari
tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent; lowering individual
tax rates through 2025; limiting state and local deductions to $ 10,000 through 2025; decreasing the limit on deductible mortgage debt through 2025; and creating a new system of taxing U.S. corporations with foreign subsidiari
tax rates through 2025; limiting
state and local
deductions to $ 10,000 through 2025; decreasing the limit on deductible mortgage debt through 2025; and creating a new system of
taxing U.S. corporations with foreign subsidiaries.
Reed said a compromise is
in the works to keep the
state and local
tax deductions but prevent higher -
income earners from claiming it.
«The complete removal of the
deduction for
state income taxes and the limitation on
deductions for local property
taxes will impact New York families more severely than taxpayers
in other
states,» Faso said.