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Yavin4

(35,357 posts)
14. I feel you. I had to pay up as well.
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 01:09 AM
Mar 2019

It was a strategic move to turn voters against states with high income taxes like NY and ILL.

Wow. Shell_Seas Mar 2019 #1
Mortgage interest deduction changes? Loki Liesmith Mar 2019 #2
No ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #3
How did you lose $50k in deductions? metalbot Mar 2019 #5
That was just the easist example ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #6
Are you sure you aren't in the 1% ? MichMan Mar 2019 #9
Median home price in Bay Area is $820,000. MrsCoffee Mar 2019 #12
Yup. Strange how the high cost of living states are all Blue States. unitedwethrive Mar 2019 #22
Should allowable deductions vary depending on where you live ? MichMan Mar 2019 #28
You cant do that D_Master81 Mar 2019 #91
It's not a millionaire thing. Lots of households make $100K a year with two wage earners. haele Mar 2019 #21
In some areas it is...but make no mistake these people are upper middle class - they are doing UniteFightBack Mar 2019 #30
Go to any real estate website and check out listings in southern california Merlot Mar 2019 #45
So it caps out at $750,000 for a home loan fescuerescue Mar 2019 #13
With a 30 - 40 year mortgage and a hefty down-payment (usually a small inheritance or family "loan") haele Mar 2019 #23
There are other SALT deductions that are capped and those are payroll related. Also if you have more uponit7771 Mar 2019 #8
This is EXACTLY our situation !! uponit7771 Mar 2019 #7
I have read that it most certainly is PatSeg Mar 2019 #11
I have Trumpster friends ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #16
But, but, they have their "guns". ooky Mar 2019 #17
They obviously have never read the 2nd amendment ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #18
Militia, State or National Guard service was never a prerequisite to gun ownership in the U.S. meathead Mar 2019 #24
Read the Federalist Papers ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #25
Excellent posts. Thanks underpants Mar 2019 #26
Thank you ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #67
Yet gun ownership in America has always been an individual right not linked to the miltia hack89 Mar 2019 #31
Oh, for fuck's sake. Squinch Mar 2019 #36
So there are no such laws. hack89 Mar 2019 #46
Go away. Squinch Mar 2019 #49
Not until you concede to the truth hack89 Mar 2019 #50
You just never get it. No one is discussing this with you. Keep screaming at the wind. Squinch Mar 2019 #54
Except I didn't start this sub-thread hack89 Mar 2019 #55
Can't do it, ffs Crabby Appleton Mar 2019 #84
I remember reading that this extremely wide interpretation of the second amendment Karadeniz Mar 2019 #56
There is very little case law on the 2A hack89 Mar 2019 #58
With all the important stuff going on in USA, there are still a few for whom GUNZ are all important. Hoyt Mar 2019 #57
I didn't start this sub thread. hack89 Mar 2019 #59
It's a wreck because of unreasonable gun owners and their lobbying groups. Hoyt Mar 2019 #60
No. It is because of a lack of wide and deep public support hack89 Mar 2019 #61
WHAT? aggiesal Mar 2019 #65
Then show me the case law. hack89 Mar 2019 #66
I don't give a rats ass, who it is accepted by ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #69
The entire Bill of Rights is about individual rights hack89 Mar 2019 #70
Yet none of them spoke about individual rights concerning guns at the Constitutional Convention ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #71
Yes they did. hack89 Mar 2019 #72
Except for the 2nd Amendment ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #73
But it never happened in reality hack89 Mar 2019 #74
So let's just ignore the first half of the 2nd Amendment ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #75
We have ignored it our entire history hack89 Mar 2019 #76
Don't be such a sore winner ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #81
They don't mean what you think they do hack89 Mar 2019 #83
OK, so now you have to have the last word. Go for it. n/t aggiesal Mar 2019 #85
I think I made my point . hack89 Mar 2019 #86
So no one outside our 2019 militia has guns? meathead Mar 2019 #89
I didn't say that ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #90
Quotes every favorable Federalist opinion, but no laws.... meathead Mar 2019 #88
National Guard is _part_ of the militia metalbot Mar 2019 #38
So there's no legal requirement. Thanks for the confirmation! meathead Mar 2019 #87
The years of media brainwashing is pretty PatSeg Mar 2019 #19
So state land property taxes are combined to meet the threshold? allgood33 Mar 2019 #44
Sp state income taxes and property taxes are combined to meet the threshold? allgood33 Mar 2019 #78
Dolt45 changed all that ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #79
God Bless you ... LenaBaby61 Mar 2019 #80
Wow, sounds like you lost $50k in deductions then!! MichMan Mar 2019 #4
A person that owns a business having a down year in revenue can easily rack that up. Blue_true Mar 2019 #63
Whoa! PatSeg Mar 2019 #10
I feel you. I had to pay up as well. Yavin4 Mar 2019 #14
I agree, ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #15
My wife loses all job related itemization workinclasszero Mar 2019 #20
How about rownesheck Mar 2019 #27
Nitpick: You don't go to jail for not paying taxes metalbot Mar 2019 #39
Oh. rownesheck Mar 2019 #40
There are a lot of American shoes I wouldn't want to be in this year. DFW Mar 2019 #29
They've added $325k in housing costs while... theboss Mar 2019 #32
No, you didn't read the post DFW Mar 2019 #34
I read that as the bought a third house? theboss Mar 2019 #37
They paid the $75,000 off DFW Mar 2019 #41
They work in NYC and make a combined $60k? theboss Mar 2019 #42
Yes, they work in NYC and have a combined income of around $60,000 DFW Mar 2019 #43
I wouldn't call buying a house for $125K and selling it for 400K unlucky MichMan Mar 2019 #47
I thought I had it bad paying 5K more. You poor thing! Squinch Mar 2019 #33
I feel your pain... In It to Win It Mar 2019 #35
That's rather close to what I get in SSDI for 3 quarters. Kaleva Mar 2019 #48
Same story everywhere BlueFlorida Mar 2019 #51
Let me guess.... Turbineguy Mar 2019 #52
My accountant just responded today... Zoonart Mar 2019 #53
I think the rule is if you file early, you expect a return, file later expect to pay. Blue_true Mar 2019 #64
+1, DFW it's not the cost its the property taxes and we were able to discount sales taxes too and uponit7771 Mar 2019 #68
Wow. nt Blue_true Mar 2019 #62
Haven't done my taxes yet but expect the same dhol82 Mar 2019 #77
Mine went down a decent amount MichMan Mar 2019 #82
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