Get VA 760-ADJ 2015

Spouse Tax Adjustment. ... The STA allows married couples to file joint returns without paying higher taxes than if they had filed separately.

If you are married and living with your spouse, you must file as married filing jointly or married filing separately. You cannot choose to file as single or head of household. However, if you were separated from your spouse on December 31, 2018 by a separate maintenance decree, you may choose to file as single.

To put it even more bluntly, if you file as single when you're married under the IRS definition of the term, you're committing a crime with penalties that can range as high as a $250,000 fine and three years in jail.

Filing status The IRS considers you married for the entire tax year when you have no separation maintenance decree by the final day of the year. If you are married by IRS standards, you can only choose "married filing jointly" or "married filing separately" status. You cannot file as "single" or "head of household."

Filing separately may be beneficial if you need to separate your tax liability from your spouse's, or if one spouse has a significant itemized deduction. Filing separately can disqualify or limit your use of potentially valuable tax breaks, but you should consider both ways to see which way will save you more in taxes.

The W-4 status and the filing status on your tax return are not related. On your tax return just file with the proper status, Married Filing Jointly, since you are legally married. The Single status on a W-4 would mean your taxes are withheld at the higher single rate versus the Married rate.

Income from Virginia Obligations The amount to be subtracted is the amount of income included in federal adjusted gross income, less related expenses deducted on the federal return.

Family Virginia adjusted gross income includes the total Virginia adjusted gross income for you, your spouse, and your dependents, even if they do not file their own Virginia returns. ... The maximum credit you may claim is $300 for each personal and dependent exemption claimed on your Virginia return.

The standard deduction, which Virginia has, is a deduction that is available by default to all taxpayers who do not instead choose to file an itemized deduction. Essentially, it translates to $3,000.00 per year of tax-free income for single Virginia taxpayers, and $6,000.00 for those filing jointly.

Virginia is one of only nine states which requires taxpayers who take the federal standard deduction (now a generous $12,200 for single filers and twice that for married couples) to also take the state's standard deduction.

In Virginia: Personal property taxes are deductible because they are ad valorem taxes (based on value). Vehicle registration fees are not deductible because they are determined by the weight of the vehicle.

For the 2019 tax season, there's a new limit: You may deduct up to $10,000 ($5,000 if married filing separately) for a combination of property taxes and either state and local income taxes or sales taxes. You might be able to deduct property and real estate taxes you pay on your: Primary home.

Yes, property taxes you pay in 2018 and future years will remain deductible. ... The only exception is that beginning with tax year 2018; you can only deduct the first $10,000 of your combined property and state income taxes if they exceed that amount.

To deduct the value-based portion of your registration fee, you must itemize your deductions using federal Schedule A. Car fees go on the line for "personal property taxes." ... Nevertheless, if the fee is value-based and assessed on a yearly basis, the IRS considers it a deductible personal property tax.

Vehicle registration fees are not deductible in Virginia on your federal tax return but personal property taxes based on the value of the vehicle should be.