South-Western Federal Taxation 2019: Individual Income Taxes (Intuit ProConnect Tax Online 2017 & RIA Checkpoint 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card)
South-Western Federal Taxation 2019: Individual Income Taxes (Intuit ProConnect Tax Online 2017 & RIA Checkpoint 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card)
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ISBN: 9781337702546
Author: James C. Young, William H. Hoffman, William A. Raabe, David M. Maloney, Annette Nellen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 13, Problem 1DQ
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Explain whether a taxpayer receive more benefits from deducting an expense or from taking a credit. Also, explain the situation in the case of deduction from AGI.

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If the margina tax rate of a taxpayer is less than 25%, it would be better for him/her to take a credit of 25% of the expense. But, if the marginal tax rate is greater than 25%, he/she would be benefited more from taking a deduction.

Otherwise, if the item are deductible from adjusted gross income(AGI), the taxpayer would get benefit onlr if he/she itemized his/her deductions.

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