Over the weekend significant income tax legislation was signed into law by President Obama. Over 100 different income tax provisions will deliver over $600 Billion of income tax breaks – enough to make tax and financial planners busy as they apply the tax breaks to real-life situations. We intend to report those to you in future issues of The Weekly Commentary. The main areas of tax breaks are:
- State Sales Tax deduction
- Child Care Credit
- Teacher Classroom Expense deduction
- Charitable Distributions from IRA’s (for those over 70 1/2 )
- Conservation Contributions
- Tuition related expense deduction
- A huge jump in Section 179 expensing for business which buy equipment
- Bonus depreciation
- Research Tax credit
- Solar Energy incentives
- Residential Energy credit
Click here for additional information on these tax breaks.