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Any deduction not found in section 67(b) is a miscellaneous itemized deduction. [7] Examples include: Job-related clothing or equipment, such as steel-toed boots, hardhats, uniforms (if they are not suited for social wear: suits and tuxedoes are not deductible, even if the taxpayer does not like to wear them, but nurses' and police uniforms are ...
By Bonnie Lee Happy New Year! I don't know what you did on New Year's Eve, but we all know what Congress did: they finally hammered down some tax legislation for 2013 and beyond. These last ...
The IRS allows you to claim deductions that reduce the amount of tax you owe. Those deductions either are standard deductions — a flat rate — or itemized.
The state and local tax deduction (SALT deduction) is a United States federal itemized deduction that allows taxpayers to deduct certain taxes paid to state and local governments from their adjusted gross income. The SALT deduction is intended to avoid double taxation by allowing taxpayers to deduct state and local taxes from their federal ...
This was a fixed amount allowed each taxpayer, plus an additional fixed amount for each child or other dependents the taxpayer supports. The amount of this deduction was $4,000 for 2015. The amount is indexed annually for inflation. The amount of exemption was phased out at higher incomes through 2009 and after 2012 (no phase out in 2010–2012 ...
The Tax Policy Center estimates that about 70 percent of taxpayers take the standard deduction on their returns, which is worth anywhere from $5,950 to $11,900, and opt out of the whole process of ...
The resolution to the fiscal-cliff crisis at the end of 2012 avoided some potentially huge tax increases. But two provisions, known as Pease and PEP, did return as a result of the compromise among ...
Adjusted gross income is gross income less deductions from a business or rental activity and 21 other specific items. Several deductions (e.g. medical expenses and miscellaneous itemized deductions) are limited based on a percentage of AGI. Certain phase outs, including those of lower tax rates and itemized deductions, are based on levels of AGI.