The taxable status of short term disability depends upon how you pay the premium. If you pay for short term disability at work via pre-tax deductions, the benefit will be taxable. If you pay with after tax deductions, you keep the entire benefit free of any taxes.
If you are in the state of Texas, most disability, both short term and long term disability will cover 60% of your income tax free.
It depends on how whether your employer gave you the option. If you are buying your policy for maternity purposes you are better served paying after tax. Pre-taxing disability premiums makes the benefit taxable. Your maternity benefit is likely to be much larger than the premium you pay. It's better to pay taxes on the smaller amount - the premium.
If I collected Disability payments in 2013 - on what line (or are they exempt) do they appear as income - Are they considered wages?
You can pay for your disability premiums pre-tax through payroll deduction. If you do this any benefit will be taxed as well.
Income tax law gives a special deduction to the persons who suffer from some kind of disability. This comes under section 80U of income tax act in which the persons who are suffering from some kind of or total disability has the special relief in income tax act.The deduction provided is flat Rs. 50,000, irrespective of the expense incurred if the disability is at least 40%. If the disability is severe (80% or more), the deduction can be up to Rs. 1 lakh. One needs to provide a copy of all the certificates issued by a medical authority in order to avail this benefit. A point to remember that, if the disability is less than 40%, this section cannot be used for Tax Exemptions
Its sort of like wanting to buy Life Insurance after you die isn't it? I am sure you can get SDI but not to pay you when you take maternity leave. There are three parts to this question and answer: 1 - You can obtain short term disability coverage if you are already pregnant. It will cover you for accidents and illnesses only. Your future pregnancies will be covered if you continue the policy. 2 - Open enrollments are attached to programs you select on a pre-tax basis - per IRS Section 125 rules. You can pay for short term disability on a post tax basis, and enroll at any time. When you pay the premium using post tax dollars, your benefit is tax free. 3 - You should get short term disability at your place of employment. If your employer does not offer the option, its easy to ask for the benefit since you are paying the premium, not your employer. You do not qualify for benefits at your fiance's employer until you are married.
Short-term capital losses for individuals are limited to a $3,000 deduction per year (for AGI), they have an indefinite carry forward to future's year netting.
If you are referring to Short-Term Disability Insurance, it is taxable if your employer made the contribution, and not taxable if you made the contribution. This is because it is treated as a taxable benefit from employment that you have not been taxed on already. Please let me know if you are referring to something else. Thanks, Ragu HandyTax (Disability Tax Credit Consultants)
In many cases yes. Go to irs.gov and search pub 525 and read under "Sickness and Injury Benefits"
Capital gain taxes are based in large part on your ordinary tax rate.... * Ordinary tax rate 10%, long term capital gains tax 0%, short term capital gains tax 10% * Ordinary tax rate 15%, long term capital gains tax 0%, short term capital gains tax 15% * Ordinary tax rate 25%, long term capital gains tax 15%, short term capital gains tax 25% * Ordinary tax rate 28%, long term capital gains tax 15%, short term capital gains tax 28% * Ordinary tax rate 33%, long term capital gains tax 15%, short term capital gains tax 33% * Ordinary tax rate 35%, long term capital gains tax 15%, short term capital gains tax 35%
No, you cannot deduct premiums paid on disability insurance policies. Two scenarios, first if your employers pays the premiums you would receive the disbursements as taxable income. If you pay your own premiums, then you would receive the disbursements tax free. Either way, you cannot deduct on your individual income tax the premiums paid. Think about it! If your employer paid the premiums, there was no expense to you, hence no deduction!. If you paid the premiums, you do have an expense BUT you are receiving the disbursements tax free and therefore could not take a deduction!