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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Filing Season Tax Tips

July 10 is deadline for some tax notices — Yes, July 15 is 2020's coronavirus-delayed Tax Day, but Internal Revenue Service's pandemic precautions also created a different deadline in connection with some tax agency notices. In some cases, you must respond to those IRS notifications by Friday, July 10. (July 6, 2020)
Did you miss a tax tip posted above? No worries. They are, or eventually will be, collected in the 2020 Filing Season Tax Tips pages. That's usually January through mid-April, but this year is definitely unusual. The coronavirus' spread has pushed Tax Day 2020 from April 15 to July 15. So the ol' blog has adjusted, too, with extended Tax Tip pages for each of this year's six-and-a-half months that we now will focus on our 1040s: January, February, March, April, May, June and — tah-dah! — July. Then, after a very brief break to catch our post-filing deadline breath, the Weekly Tax Tips, like these from 2019, will return.

COVID-19 & Taxes

Coronavirus has wreaked havoc
with the 2020 tax season.
This Coronavirus (COVID-19) & Taxes page has details.

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Tax Year 2020 Countdown
Happy New Tax Year! Are you ready to file your 2019 tax return? Me neither. But this year we're getting some extra time to file and pay any tax we owe, until July 15. This later date, however, is for a terrible reason. The coronavirus pandemic hit the United States hard in March, dramatically disrupting lives. Our normal tax routine is among the many things that have changed for all of us.
The monthly tips and reminders a little further down this column should help you focus on your taxes and make the filing of them by mid-summer go more smoothly. Also keep an eye on the countdown clock just below. It will help you keep track of the arrival of the new July 15, 2020, Tax Day.
Note: I'm in the Central Time Zone, so adjust accordingly for where you live.

Time for Tax Tasks

July 1: In a normal year, most of us would be celebrating the end of school years, planning summer vacations and generally loving life. As has been long noted, both here on the ol' blog and elsewhere, this is not a normal year and especially not when it comes to taxes.

In fact, this July is the new April. Due to COVID-19 disruptions and precautions, Tax Day 2020 was moved to July 15. With that due date on the fast-approaching horizon, let's get cracking!

July 3 & 4: Happy 244th Birthday, America!

This is one of the problems with moving Tax Day to July. It immediately gets interrupted by celebrating the United States' creation. That birth was spurred in part by taxes, so take a break and celebrate. Since July 4 this year falls on Saturday, Friday, July 3 also is an official federal holiday. So we get two days of partying, safely, of course, both when it comes to fireworks and coronavirus social distancing.

July 6: Welcome back to the real and tax world. With the sparklers and bottle rockets done, it's time to focus on July 15. Not only is the due date for your 2019 tax return, there are other tax tasks to take care of by this mid-July deadline. These added tax moves include filing an old tax return, making 2020 estimated tax payments, contributing to retirement and medical saving accounts, dealing with tax notices and taking care of your state taxes.

July 8: As you finish up (or start) your 2019 tax return, this checklist can help you ensure you have all the documents you need to file your Form 1040 and its now just three (instead of six) schedules.

July 10: Most restaurants across the country closed earlier this year due to COVID-19. Some opened, then reclosed as the virus resurged. And many eateries simply stuck with take-out meals and deliveries. Whether you're able to dine in or still getting food brought to your house, remember to tip your server or delivery person.

If a tip isn't included in your food delivery charge, click the image above to calculate how much to tip the person who brought it to you.

As for servers who now are back on the job, remember that your tips are taxable income. If you worked at least some of June at a job where you got gratuities, you need to account for them today if they came to at least $20 last month. Use Form 4070 to report your tips today to your employer.

July 13: Still working on or finishing up your 2019 tax return? Check out the filing pieces of advice in the ol blog's monthly tax tips pages, one each for January, February, March, April, May, June and, finally, July.

July 15: Finally, Tax Day 2020 is here.

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You've got until midnight tonight (your local time) to electronically file your 1040. The IRS can help you do that and save money with Free File, the IRS/tax software industry partnership that offers eligible taxpayers access to online tax preparation programs and federal return e-filing at no cost.

This year 10 software companies are participating at IRS.gov's Free File webpage. It's available for taxpayers with adjusted gross income of $69,000 or less regardless of filing status. If you make too much to use the online software, look into using Free File's fillable forms.

And if you just can't finish your 1040, send the IRS instead Form 4868 to get until Oct. 15 to file your return. Remember, though your must pay any due tax with your extension request.

July 20: Whew! Now that filing is done (except for us procrastinators on extension) and you've had a few days to get settled, it's time to take care of your tax records. You need to hang onto some filing paperwork just in case the IRS has follow-up questions.

July 24: When you filed your taxes, either this month or earlier in the year, did you get or are you now expecting a big refund? Or did the other tax possibility happen and you ended up owing Uncle Sam a lot more than you expected? Then it's time for a paycheck checkup and possibly adjust your payroll withholding.

July 28: An immediate review of your 2020 filing experience might have made it clear that you need personal help you’re your taxes. Start your search for a tax professional who will work with you year round to make your tax obligations less, well, taxing.

July 31: The 2020 Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico hurricane season got off to a quick start, but we made it through June without a major 'cane making U.S. landfall. Still, there's no reason to get complacent.

Uncle Sam's official forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expect 2020 to bring as many as 19 named storms, with six to eight possibly becoming hurricanes. Three to six could reach major status, which is category 3, 4 or 5 with winds of 111 mph or higher. Regardless of the count, 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.

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 Pub. 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 Form Tuesday page.

Mapping Your Tax Route

Do you get lost doing your taxes? Check out the Taxpayer Advocate Service's Taxpayer Roadmap.

This publication, designed along the lines of a subway map, shows the many routes and detours of a taxpayer's journey through our elaborate Internal Revenue Code and the Internal Revenue Service's enforcement of our tax collection system.

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