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Federal Tax Deduction

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The federal tax deduction is a statutory requirement under U.S. law. All American citizens who fall into this category must pay it. Taxable income is calculated by subtracting (a) income excluded, (b) exemptions, and (c) deductions from gross income eligible individual.

The following are the heads under which qualifies the deduction of tax:

1. Exceptions: except common gross income is: i) the benefits of life insurance contracts ii) the benefits from donations and bequests iii) provided services to personal injury iv) Interest received from state and municipal bonds

certain conditions must be taken into account prior to such deductions. 2. Deductions: In addition to the standard deduction, some common "above the line "deductions include: i) Business / Corporate expenditure II) iii retirement Food) IRA iv) the contributions of net capital losses v) Costs incurred for property used for income generation

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3. Standard Deduction: When individuals have little "under the line" deductions that are directly claim a deduction sum. The standard deduction in the different regions in 2004 was as follows: i) Individual $ 4.850 ii) Head of household $ 7.150 iii) Married $ 9.700 joint statement iv) the widow of classification (ER) with dependent children $ 9.500 v) married filing a separate $ 4,850

4. Miscellaneous itemized deductions: They generally include: i) Interest paid ii) Taxes paid iii) Losses iv) v charity contributions) Medical expenses incurred

Such miscellaneous deductions are permitted if and only if they exceed 2% of AGI income.

5. Tax Alternative Minimum: the minimum tax applicable when income is below the predetermined amount. the individual would now pay a tax very negligible and help save money.

6. Itemized deductions: The alternative to the standard deduction is detailed deductions. For 2004, the main elements included in the deductions were detailed:

i) the State and the income Local and ii) property taxes donations to charities iii) the transfer of loads iv) medical expenses incurred v) low pressure vi) interest paid the mortgage

However, the individual may deduct benefit deduction or detailed.

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issue tax. What is the basic difference in dollars between having a child to a deduction or two?

I am divorced and I have two children. I can not accept an order and my ex can deduct. I am disabled and SS disability and is not taxable, so I really do not even need to submit. What are the benefits to my ex, if I had to give this deduction for them. It not a single IRS form for that and I know why give Gobo $$…?

It depends on your marginal tax rate. The exemption (without deductions) the amount for 2007 is $ 3.300. Multiply that by your marginal rate (could be between 0% -35%) to find the $ $. By the way, if your ex has not even care need to sign the waiver of the. Most orders that do not meet IRS requirements to divide the exemptions so that case of disagreement between the parties, the IRS will be allocated according to the law and almost always the custodial parent. If she has custody, the IRS does not dispute not its request for exemption, if not also apply to children.

Form 1040 Child Tax Credit for 2009, 2010

IRS says I owe 00 from miscalcuation on Sch SE, I think they are wrong?
Ok so I have a side business and I collected some 0k from clients, but I paid people to do the work to the tune of 5k. I paid them by check, and issued them 1099’s, and submitted a 1096, and I used my EIN that I’ve been using for 3 years.

I put the 5k as a deduction on my schedule C, just like I always do, but this year I get a letter saying I made a mistake on my calculation of subj:
Schedule SE and that I owe some 00. They mention the SCH SE, and the 6251 (AMT) but say nothing about SCH C.

I find it suspicious that the $$$ amount of the discrepency is almost exactly 2.9% of the 5k ( I maxed out the other part of Fica taxes with my day job.)

Now the IRS says to challenge this I should fax them my SE, AMT and they will take a look. I don’t think they have enough information, so I also sent them copies of my 1040, 1099’s I mailed out, and the 1096. I stupidly forgot the Schedule C.

My question is did I miss something or am I supposed to pay Medicare (the 2.9%) of the 5k my consultant staff is supposed to pay? Or is there something else going on here?

I might be completely off-base with the 2.9%, I just can’t think of any other reason they think I made a 00 mistake.

TIA

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I originally paper filed. I use a tax excel spreadsheet to do my taxes.

In the old days, the IRS would send a very clear list of forms/line #’s that are being changed and the mistake (either theirs or mine) was very clear. all they told me this time is that they "changed" the schedule se, WTF is with that? why can’t they tell me old vs new value for what they corrected?

It doesn’t make sense that they simply "left out" the 125k on the schedule C, if they did that I would of been hit with a whole lot more than 00 on Sch SE.

I know there is no limit on the medicare portion of of my income, but the 5k is NOT INCOME is was an EXPENSE of my business. On my schedule C, I take the money I collected, the 0k, and then I get to subtract my expenses of the business, the materials I used, etc, and my biggest expense was the 5k I spent on contractors. That 125k wasn’t my income its theirs.

I had a phone number to call. all I got was the front desk who said to fax in the sheets SCH SE, and AMT 6251. They wouldn’t put me through to anybody who knew about anything. Last time I got a letter like this, I called with the id#, I was put through to a case worker who knew the issue, and we had the solution worked out in 10 minutes.
I believe I did do my SE correctly. So why did they charge me 00 supposedly for a "mistake" on my SE?

If my SE taxes go up, so should my AGI, (as per my schedule C ) NO? so that means my regular taxes should of changed, but they didn’t.
yup just checked SSI withheld: 00 (me and spouse) and Sched SE added 0.

yes, I know I asked this question about a week ago. I was hoping for some better insight with the weekend crowd.
katie, there can’t be any penalties, all they did was reduce my tax refund. they have the money. I don’t understand why they didn’t mail me a line for line report of what they adjusted. I used to get that when they made adjustments.