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The $10,000 SALT Limit and the Rental Real Estate
The $10,000 SALT Limit and the Rental Real Estate
Under the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, State And Local Tax (SALT) deductions are limited to $10,000. How does this affect the individual taxpayer?
QUESTION: Are SALT payments made on my rental real estate subject to the $10,000 cap?
ANSWER: Generally, under the old law, all SALT payments were deductible. However, the new law caps deductible SALT at an aggregate of $10,000 for individual taxpayers.
OF SALT, TAXES & MORTGAGES…
OF SALT, TAXES AND MORTGAGES…
Do you pay State and Local Taxes (SALT)? If you live in any of New York, California, New Jersey, Connecticut, or any other of the so-called high-tax states, you likely pay more than the national average in SALT. Prior to 2018, you were allowed to itemize all of your SALT payments on your federal tax returns. However, the recently passed law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, curbs the deductibility and otherwise affects you disproportionately, compared with the rest of the country. The changes to the deduction of State and Local Taxes (SALT) on federal tax returns are generally as follows
State Individual Tax Climate: New York
The Tax Foundation recently conducted a study of the tax climates in each of the fifty states and then rated and ranked them based on five categories: corporate tax, individual income, sales tax, unemployment insurance tax, and property tax. The Tax Foundation’s rankings are designed to show how well state tax systems are structured, rather than simply rank the states by the amount of taxes assessed.
New York finished 2nd last (49) in overall tax climate and it ranked in the individual tax categories as follows: 7 (corporate tax), 49 (individual income tax), 43 (sales tax), 32 (unemployment insurance tax), and 47 (property tax).
A Discussion Of New York State Income Tax Credits
Individuals and businesses in the State of New York are both subject to income tax. New York enacted a sweeping tax-reduction bill in 2011, creating the lowest mid-bracket tax rates in the state in 58 years. These tax breaks affected over four million taxpayers. Despite this legislation and other New York tax breaks, New York still has one of the highest state income tax rates in the nation.
New York Personal Income Tax
A Discussion Of New York State Income Tax Deductions
Income tax deductions are expenses that may be deducted from pre-tax gross income. Of course, deductions reduce New York income tax and maximize a refund. One of the experienced tax professionals at the Thorgood Law Firm can assist any New Yorker in determining the deductions for which they qualify under New York law.
New York has a standard state income tax deduction. For 2015, they are as follows:
| Filing Status | Amount of Standard Deduction |
| Single (and can be claimed as a dependent on another taxpayer’s federal return) | $3,100 |
A Discussion Of New York State Personal Income Tax & Corporate Income Tax
Individuals and businesses in the State of New York are both subject to income tax. New York enacted a sweeping tax-reduction bill in 2011, creating the lowest mid-bracket tax rates in the state in 58 years. These tax breaks affected over four million taxpayers. Despite this legislation and other New York tax breaks, New York still has one of the highest state income tax rates in the nation.
New York Personal Income Tax
State Income Taxes & NBA Free Agency
After the Cleveland Cavaliers won their first NBA championship back in June, interest in the NBA hardly waned. Soon after the LeBron James and company hoisted the championship trophy in Oakland, the NBA free agency began and a multitude of players changed teams including Kevin Durant, Dwayne Wade, Joakim Noah and Brandon Jennings (the latter two to our hometown Knicks). For NBA players it seemingly is just another contract and another (out-of-this-world) payday. Well, it is of course but there’s more to it than this.
Extending Time To File A New York State Income Tax Return
It’s no surprise that not every taxpayer timely prepares and files their taxes in any given year. Whether there are no funds available to pay the tax bill or there is simply insufficient time to prepare the return, a variety of reasons exist for this failure. However, a little information and foresight may alleviate the stress caused by the realization that a tax return will be untimely filed. The tax professonals at the Thorgood Law Firm can help any New York taxpayer deal with any looming tax deadline.
Taxes And Winning The Lottery
Hopefully, if one of us is ever lucky enough to win a big lottery jackpot, we won’t care about how much of it we have to “share” with Uncle Sam as taxes. But winning any immense lottery jackpot, especially some of the recent Powerball or Mega-Million grand prizes, is likely to result in a considerable share for the Department of the Treasury. How much in tax would the IRS receive from a $500 million lotto winner?