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…
It’s not news that most people complain about having to pay taxes. New Yorkers seem to especially complain about their state and local tax burden. The Tax Foundation, with a database that currently covers the years 1977-2012, interprets the tax…
Taxpayers that itemize deductions on Schedule A, (and file Form 1040) can deduct the cost of state income taxes on their federal tax return. The ability to deduct the full cost of these taxes has its obvious advantages. Taxpayers may…