As defined by the Internal Revenue Service, the optional standard mileage rate for 2012 is 55.5 cents per mile. The rate is defined as optional because a business or taxpayer might, instead, use the actual cost of using and maintaining a vehicle for business, medical, moving or charitable purposes.
Taxpayers typically fill out Form 1040 when they want to deduct various items from their taxes. In this case, when you want to deduct energy-efficient appliances from your taxes, on line 52 of the 1040, you can claim or enter the amount of deduction taken from Form 5695.ill out Form 5695, which is called the Residential Energy Efficient Property Credit. In order to claim an appliance for a deduction in 2011, for example, the product must have been âplaced in serviceâ and used in 2011.
Washington State taxpayers may deduct sales tax in 2014. Washington State residents may deduct state and local general-sales tax on their federal income returns for tax year 2014. The sales tax deduction was extended again in legislation H.B. 5771 (section 105) signed by President Obama on December 19, 2014. The deduction is available to taxpayers that itemize deductions, not those who take the standard deduction. The deduction is based on adjusted gross income and number of exemptions claimed. Taxpayers who keep all their receipts can deduct actual sales tax and use tax paid. For taxpayers who didn't keep receipts, the IRS has an online Sales Tax Deduction Calculator to determine the amount of optional general sales tax to claim, or taxpayers can use the Optional State Sales Tax Tables.