You can claim this long list as deduction :medical, dental, prescription drugs, and other health care costs, state and local income taxes or state and local sales taxes, real estate (property) taxes, personal property taxes (such as motor vehicle registration fees). Interest paid on a home mortgage, interest paid on investments (such as margin interest),cash contributions to charities and churches, and the fair market value of non-cash contributions to charities and churches, personal losses because of theft or casualty. Job-related expenses that your employer did not reimburse you for, union dues, cost of purchasing or cleaning uniforms, job-related education, and professional development, job-related travel, home office expenses, tax preparation fees, investment fees and expenses (such as IRA custodial fees and annual brokerage fees),safe deposit box fees, gambling losses (only to the extent of gambling winnings).
THIS DEDUCTION ON YOUR TAXES will have to entered on the correct form or line of your 1040 federal income tax return before your income tax return can be completed correctly.
Yes, you can claim state and local sales taxes on your return. But in order to do so you must itemize deductions and you must not claim state and local income taxes. You're allowed to claim either state and local income taxes or state and local sales taxes, but not both.If you do claim the sales tax deduction, you can either claim the amount you actually paid (based on receipts) or the amount given to you by the IRS's Sales Tax Deduction Calculator.For a more detailed explanation of the state and local sales tax deduction, please see Deducting State Sales Tax.
Not for domestical calls. Some tax agencies will allow deduction where the phone is used to del with formal business reasons.
To claim donations for tax exemptions, one must first check whether the charity has received their 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Once the receipt is received from the charity, one can claim it towards tax deduction.
In the US, you would be the taxpayer and there is a standard deduction used in figuring out your net income for tax purposes.
No. But if you live in one of the states that allows a state deduction for federal taxes and you took such a deduction, you may have to claim it on your state return.
A car, gifted to a nonprofit organization can be used as a tax deduction. A car gifted to an individual cannot be used as a tax deduction.
Yes. As an itemized deduction, you can claim either your state income tax withholding or claim a deduction for sales taxes paid. In states such as Florida which have no income tax, obviously your only option is to take a sales tax deduction. See the link below.
You can claim the estimated value of the car if you have donated it to charity.
According to the IRS Guidelines, you may claim fair market value for your donation up to the actual sale value. cryamerica.org
THIS DEDUCTION ON YOUR TAXES will have to entered on the correct form or line of your 1040 federal income tax return before your income tax return can be completed correctly.
Yes, you can claim state and local sales taxes on your return. But in order to do so you must itemize deductions and you must not claim state and local income taxes. You're allowed to claim either state and local income taxes or state and local sales taxes, but not both.If you do claim the sales tax deduction, you can either claim the amount you actually paid (based on receipts) or the amount given to you by the IRS's Sales Tax Deduction Calculator.For a more detailed explanation of the state and local sales tax deduction, please see Deducting State Sales Tax.
You cannot claim a deduction for something you did not pay. If the primary signatory did not pay the interest, then this person does not get to deduct it. In order to claim a non-business/non-investment deduction for interest, the person claiming the deduction must (among other things) be the legal or equitable owner of the property. Usually, the cosignor is not the legal or equitable owner of the property, hence the cosignor cannot claim an interest deduction.
The form that needs to be filled out in order to claim a car donation tax deduction is called a 1098-c form. You may also utilize kars4kids dot org - they do it for you.
No, you cannot claim a tax deduction for health insurance if you are paying for the plan through an employer's "cafeteria plan". The cafeteria plan is taking the money from your paycheck before any taxes are applied, so you are already getting the cost paid with tax-free dollars. You cannot claim it twice.
If the truck weighs no more than 8500 pounds and it is purchased between 2/17/09 and 12/31/09, you may claim a deduction on your 2009 return when it is filed in early 2010 without itemizing. Otherwise, you would have to itemize and not claim the state income tax deduction.
Yes, if you are required to purchase uniforms to wear for your job, such as scrubs, there is a deduction you can claim on your income tax forms.