As with a 529 account, you get no federal tax deduction for contributions to a Coverdell.
Nineteen states offer residents a 2001 state income tax deduction for contributions to their plans.
The Feds also warned not to provide financial information to anyone who asks for contributions.
About half the states offer residents an income tax deduction for contributions to their home state plan.
It could limit other big tax preferences for the wealthy, such as the exclusion for contributions to retirement plans.
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Nearly 13 years ago Congress slapped on income caps for contributions to IRAs.
In other words, the formula makes no allowance for contributions to a retirement plan while your kids are in school.
The law changed how salary deferral contributions are treated when calculating the maximum deduction limits for contributions to a 401(k) plan.
The second group includes investment and savings incentives such as low rates for capital gains and preferences for contributions to retirement accounts.
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Some states also offer tax breaks including deductions for contributions, but these vary from state to state so you need to pick carefully.
In the past, IRA funds donated this way could not be used for contributions to donor-advised funds, supporting organizations or private non-operating foundations.
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But it stressed such a system "must be proportionate to the means of the individual" and asked ministers for more information on the income threshold for contributions.
Ms. Petsod is helping a variety of foundations pool resources, including one group that is creating an online fund for contributions to cover the cost of the application.
In sum, there are four things that make 529s a good bet: a tax exemption on gains, a possible deduction for contributions, flexibility and no punishment at financial aid time.
None wants to give tax relief for contributions paid to a pension scheme in another country (though a case coming before the European Court of Justice may soon challenge this reluctance).
At the heart of these funds' appeal is one of the tax code's best breaks, for people who want to donate: Givers get a full deduction for contributions of assets held for more than a year that have increased in value, while skipping capital-gains tax.
Section 206 provides a juicy capital-gains tax exemption for contributions of property for conservation, meaning wealthy environmentalists with extra acreage will be able to take a tax deduction for the appreciated property and have the environmental organization preserve it, adding to the value of the primary property.
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The payroll tax holiday (or the payroll tax cuts) meant that, on the employee side, payroll tax contributions for federal purposes are reduced by 2% for 2011: instead of paying in at 6.2% for Social Security taxes, contributions for 2011 are 4.2% for Social Security taxes.
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It has reduced social-security contributions for low-paid workers and eliminated contributions for home helps.
The limit is 50% of adjusted gross income for cash contributions and 30% for gifts of appreciated property.
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In exchange for these contributions, project sponsors utilizing Kickstarter offer incentives to contributors for various levels of giving.
As vested industry interests relentlessly lobby and win favors in exchange for political contributions, each new restrictive regulation and practice becomes the baseline for a next round.
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Fourth, it offers defined benefits, which are preferable to Mr Feldstein's partially defined contributions in that they greatly reduce the risk to participants and prevent differential pensions for equal contributions.
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On the employer side, for this year, payroll tax contributions for federal purposes remain the same.
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