On May 23, 2018 the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2018-54, which announced new proposed regulations addressing state and local tax payment deductions for federal income tax purposes. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act places limits on an individual’s deduction to $10,000 ($5,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return) for the aggregate amount of state and local taxes paid during the calendar year. Any state and local tax payments above those limitations are no longer deductible. This new limitation is effective January 1st, 2018 and applies to taxable years after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2026. This limitation will have implications for many Nebraska residents according to data research by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Based on IRS data from 2015, 28 percent of Nebraskans claimed a state and local tax deduction amount higher, than $10,000.[1]…
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