Complete menu of tasty state tax tidbits

As part of Don't Mess With Taxes' effort to help you meet your state tax obligations, we created a list of links to each state's and the District of Columbia's tax department Web pages.

Then we followed that up with a daily state tax tidbit for 2010 highlighting an interesting revenue fact, law or regulation in each jurisdiction. Below is the full menu of tasty state tax tidbits.

A note as to how this list grows: The state features are/will be posted in a combined alphabetical and filing deadline order, as noted in Don't forget your state taxes!

That means those states that have an April 15 deadline are featured first, followed by the states that require residents to file later in April and into May. We finish up with the seven states that don't collect a personal income tax.

So if you don't see an item about your state here yet, that's why. But it will eventually show up in its proper alphabetic place.

Alabama -- Haiti donations

Alaska --- cruise tax cut

Arizona -- solar energy credit

Arkansas -- damaged car credit

California -- Ready Refund

Colorado -- new candy, soda taxes

Connecticut -- shaming scofflaws

Delaware -- estate tax is back

District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) -- special tax hurdles

Florida -- yacht tax breaks

Georgia -- collecting from residents and nonresidents alike

Hawaii -- exceptional trees

Idaho -- grocery credt

Illinois -- watercraft use tax

Indiana -- 7 new tax schedules

Iowa -- tuition & textbook credit

Kansas -- voluntary disclosure

Kentucky -- $5K new home credit

Louisiana -- education breaks

Maine -- blueberry tax

Maryland -- charitable checkoffs

Massachusetts -- health care

Michigan -- energy credits

Minnesota -- federal add-backs

Mississippi -- casino tax

Missouri -- miscellaneous credits

Montana -- elderly homeowner/renter credit

Nebraska -- beginning farmers

Nevada -- trade show taxes

New Hampshire -- unearned income tax

New Jersey -- rich get relief

New Mexico -- age pays off

New York -- firefighters' credit

North Carolina -- digital property

North Dakota -- sales tax refunds for Canadians

Ohio -- tobacco taxes

Oklahoma -- electric vehicle tax credit

Oregon -- tax pro licensing

Pennsylvania -- amnesty

Rhode lsland -- grocery items

South Carolina -- 2-earner tax credit

South Dakota -- announcing convicted tax cheats

Tennessee -- no wage tax

Texas -- fireworks tax

Utah -- organ donation credit

Vermont -- renter rebate credit

Virginia -- agricultural taxes

Washington -- safe patient handing tax credit

West Virginia -- numerous retiree income exemptions

Wisconsin -- Roth conversions

Wyoming -- food taxes

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Today's Tax Tip

Opting out of Advance Child Tax Credit payments — Some taxpayers might have to pay back Advance Child Tax Credit amounts next filing season. If that's your case, use the Internal Revenue Service's online tool to opt out of getting the early monthly payments this year. (Aug. 1, 2021)
The 2021 Tax Tips offer ways to file your annual return, along with post-filing advice, important tax news and, of course, ways to cut your current tax year bill. You'll find the monthly assemblages on their own respective pages: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. While we're waiting for the 2021 calendar pages to flip and fill up with timely tax tidbits, check out 2020 (and earlier) tax years' advice.

COVID-19 & Taxes

Coronavirus has wreaked havoc
on the 2020 tax season.
These three Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Taxes pages have details:
March-July 2020,
August-December 2020, and
January-… 2021

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Tax Season 2021 continues!
Tax Day 2021 is finally over … unless you're one of the millions who got an extension to file your 2020 tax year return. That's fine. In fact, the Internal Revenue Service appreciates some of us spreading out our filings, especially in a year like this where it's dealing with so many other COVID-19 related tax tasks. But enough about Uncle Sam's tax collector. The focus now is on you and your still-to-be-completed 2020 return. Let's get started! Your new Oct. 15 tax filing deadline will be here before you know it.

The monthly tips and reminders a little further down this column can help you finish up your returnon time. Once that's done, then look for tips each month that offer advice on ways to cut your still adding up 2021 tax bill.

Also keep an eye on the countdown clock below. It will help you track yet more days tick, tick, ticking off toward that absolutely final fall filing due date.
Note: I'm in the Central Time Zone, so adjust accordingly for where you live.

Time for Tax Tasks

The Dog Days of August are here!

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That usually means being like the pup above and taking it easy during these hot, sultry days as summer winds down. 2021, however, continues to follow 2020 — darn you, COVID-19! — meaning this year, like its predecessor, is usual, tax and otherwise. summer winds down. 2020, however, is not a usual year, tax or otherwise. So instead of dogging it this August, let's get to making some potentially money-saving tax moves.

Aug. 1: Despite the Delta-driven coronavirus resurgence, some schools are planning to welcome students back to classrooms. While that return is in flux, August still is the month for back-to-school sales tax holidays. A handful are wrapping up today, but a dozen more such events are still on tap this month. You can find details for the upcoming tax holidays in Arkansas, Connecticut, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia in my post on the 2021 summer sales tax holidays.

Aug. 2: If you qualify for the Advance Child Tax Credit (AdvCTC), you should have received money from Uncle Sam last month. Through the rest of 2021, he's sending eligible families $300 for each child age 5 or younger and $250 for youngsters ages 6 through 17. Some folks, however, might have to pay back at least some of the AdvCTC amounts when they file their 2021 returns next year. So they've decided to stop the early credit payments. If you want to stop the scheduled for August, you must do so online by today.

Aug. 2 also is the filing deadline for taxpayers in parts of Tennessee and Alabama who earlier this year were hit by major disasters. Any applicable forms must be filed and associated payments made, electronically or postmarked if they are sent via the U.S. Postal Service, today.

Aug. 6: Did you lose your job, temporarily or for good, last year when the United States was in full COVID pandemic shutdown? If so, you probably got at least some unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. The out-of-work payments help, but they also usually are fully taxable income on your next year's tax return. A COVID-relief bill in March exempted $10,200 of 2020's UI benefits from taxation. If you filed before it the law was enacted and counted all your unemployment as taxable, the IRS is sending out refunds for your overpayments. Keep an eye on your bank account for direct deposit, or your snail mail box if the IRS doesn't have your financial institution info.

Aug. 10: Until the Delta variant took over, even among the vaccinated (dang it!), some of us were back to enjoying Before Days events, like eating at our favorite restaurants. Some eateries are still offering table service. If you're comfortable going to them, be sure to share your happiness about being served in person again with your waiters. If you're still a bit hesitant about going to a packed diner, also tip the food delivery folks still bringing meals to your door.

If a tip isn't included in your restaurant check or food delivery charge, click the image above to calculate how much to tip.

Those of you getting the tips, remember that your tips are taxable income. If you got such added financial thanks that came to a total of at least $20 last month, whether as a waiter/waitress or hair stylist or valet or whatever job where gratuities are common, you need to account for them today. Report them to your employer on Form 4070.

Aug. 13: This is the only Friday the 13th of 2021. In addition to looking out for the usual superstitions that abound this day, don't bring any unnecessary bad luck on yourself by falling for these 13 tax scams, today or any other day.

Aug. 18: We're well into the Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico hurricane season. Mother Nature took some time off after an early start. But don't be surprised is she returns with tropical systems in her wake in August.

The good news is that we still have time to prepare for what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expects eventually to be an active 2021 tropical storm season. Even if we don't get the predicted 20 named storms, with possibly 3 to 5 reaching major status, it only takes one to wreak havoc. The countdown clock below can help you keep track of how many more days you have to worry about tracking any size or type of tropical storms.

You also might want to check out the ol' blog's special Storm Warnings.
These multi-page collections of posts offer tax advice on preparing for, recovering from and helping those who sustain damages from the many ways that that weather goes wild. That includes claiming uninsured losses from a major natural disaster as on itemized tax deduction.

Aug. 25: Speaking of filing, if you got an extension back in May, giving you until Oct. 15 to finish your 2020 tax return, you don't have to wait until then. You can get to work on that now. And whenever you do get around to finishing your taxes, the IRS recommends you do so electronically. You can do that and possibly save some money by using Free File, the online no-cost tax preparation and e-filing partnership between the IRS and Free File Alliance.

The official Free File site at IRS.gov this season offers nine participating tax software options if your adjusted gross income is $72,000 or less, regardless of filing status. If you make too much to use the online software, look into using Free File's fillable forms. Both the online Free File and fillable forms are available through October's extension due date.

Aug. 31: If you've already filed your 2020 taxes, were you surprised by either the size of your refund or how much you owed? If so, now's the time to make sure that doesn't happen next year. The IRS' online estimator can help you more accurately adjust your payroll withholding.

Small Business Tax Calendar: Important filing, deposit and record keeping dates throughout the year that your company needs to know. You can get more tax calendar information at the IRS' online calendar page and view the full year's important business and individual tax dates in IRS Publication 509.

State Tax Help

Don't forget your state taxes!
Forty-three states and D.C. collect personal income taxes. But even if you live in of the seven states without an income levy, you still face other state (and local) taxes.

State Tax Departments provides links to your state's Web page. The companion page, Tax Tidbits, is the compilation of blurbs about each state's tax laws. And for more state tax news, check out all our state tax bloggings.

Tax Forms

Thanks to our increased use of tax preparers and computer software, many of us don't see our tax forms until we sign and file them. But knowing what's on these documents, either in paper or digital form, and why the IRS wants it is key to understanding our tax system. And knowledge definitely is power, especially when it comes to tax savings. Find this valuable information in the ol' blog's special Tax Forms Fiesta! page.

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August 2021

Tell it to the Hill

While it's easy to rail at the IRS, for the most part we can thank — or blame — our tax laws on Congress and the White House. So if you have an issue with tax legislation or want a tax bill passed, use the federal legislator locator above to find just who on Capitol Hill should hear your concerns. And for matters tax or otherwise closer to home, you can find info on your state and local elected officials at USA Gov.

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