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Slide 4: Your tax refund is the amount of money you can expect to receive from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or your state tax authority after you file your return. A refund results when the amount of taxes you have paid in advance, along with tax credits for which you are eligible, exceed your tax liability. www.smarttaxcalculator.com
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Slide 7: For starters, you will need to gather documentation of your taxable income for the year. This includes salary, commissions, bonuses and so on from your job, money received from renting out property, gains on investments, gambling winnings, unemployment benefits and so on. www.smarttaxcalculator.com
Slide 8: Itemized or Standard Deduction ? Step:2 www.smarttaxcalculator.com
Slide 9: Common itemized deductions include expenses such as real estate taxes, medical expenses, mortgage interest, and student loan interest. You can choose to either claim your itemized deductions or claim the standard deduction, which is the following for federal tax returns in 2017 $6,300 for single and married filing separately taxpayers $12,650 for married filing jointly $9,300 for heads of household www.smarttaxcalculator.com
Slide 10: Determine Your tax Liability Step:3 www.smarttaxcalculator.com
Slide 11: Take your total income from step one and subtract either your standard deduction amount or the sum of the itemized deductions you calculated in step 2. Compare the result to the 2016 federal tax brackets listed below, and this will allow you to estimate your tax liability. www.smarttaxcalculator.com
Slide 13: A tax credit is an amount of money a taxpayer is able to subtract from taxes owed to the government. ... Unlike deductions and exemptions, which reduce the amount of taxable income, tax credits reduce the actual amount of tax owed. www.smarttaxcalculator.com
Slide 15: To determine the total amount of taxes withheld, you will need a pay stub and any other documents showing how much you have paid in taxes to date. Multiply this amount as necessary to cover the entire year. www.smarttaxcalculator.com
Slide 16: Compute the amount of your refund Step: 6 www.smarttaxcalculator.com
Slide 17: Subtract the total taxes withheld you determined in Step 5 from your tax liability after credits as calculated in step 4. If the result is a negative number, that amount is what you overpaid in taxes and can expect to have refunded to you. www.smarttaxcalculator.com
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