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TAX NEWS UPDATE

2022 TAX YEAR

Personal Exemption:
·         Individuals: $0
·         Estates: $600
·         Trusts: $300 if must distribute all income currently; $100 for all other trusts

Standard Deduction:
·         Single: $12,950
·         Married filing jointly: $25,900
·         Married filing separately: $12,950
·         Head of Household $19,400

Itemized Deductions:
·         Taxes Limited to $10,000
·         Misc. Itemized deductions suspended for 2018-2025

Standard Mileage Rates For Business Use:
·         Business                                     58.5 cents/mile and 62.5 cents/mile
·         Medical                                       18 cents/mile and 22 cents/mile
·          Charitable                                  14 cents/mile

Self Employment:
·         Tax rate: 15.3%
·         Wage base: $147,000 of self-employment income for OASDI tax; no ceiling on Medicare tax

Selected Tax Credits:
·         Child Tax Credit                  $2,000
·         Other Dependent Credit     $   500
·     Small Business Health Insurance: 50% of amount of non-elective contributions an eligible small business makes on behalf of its employees for premiums for health insurance (35% credit against payroll tax for tax-exempt entities). Available for two consecutive tax years.  Phases out for employers with between 10 and 25 full-time-equivalent employees and average annual wages of between $28,700 and $57,400.

Section 179 and Bonus Depreciation:
·         Section 179 maximum expense deduction: $1,080,000, reduced by cost of property placed in service during the year above $2,700,000.
·         Section 168 (k) bonus depreciation: 100% for qualifying property.
 

Gift and Estate:
·         Per- donee annual gift tax exclusion: $16,000
·         Gift/estate tax exclusion: $12,060,000 million/PP; estate of spouse dying after 2010 may pass unused portion of exclusion to surviving spouse.

Long-Term Capital Gain Taxes
·         0%, 15%, or 20% Depending on Filing status and taxable income Level

Retirement Plan Limits
·         Maximum 401(k) plan elective deferral:  $20,500 (plus $6,500 catch-up for age 50+)
·         Defined benefit plan maximum benefit: $245,000
·         Defined contribution plan contribution limit: $61,000 or 100% of compensation, whichever is less
·         IRA contribution limit: $6,000 (plus $1,000 catch-up for age 50+)
·         IRA deduction phase-out for active participants in a workplace retirement plan:  MAGI from $109,000 to $129,000 (married filing jointly); $68,000 to $78,000 (single taxpayers and heads of household); $0 to $10,000 (married filing separately); $204,000 to $214,000 (individual who is not active participant in a workplace retirement plan whose spouse is an active participant in a workplace retirement plan).
·         Roth IRA contribution limit: $6,000 (plus $1,000 catch-up for age 50+)
·         Roth IRA contribution limit phase-out (MAGI): $204,000 to $214,000 (married filing jointly); $129,000 to $144,000 (single and heads of household); $0 to $10,000 (married filing separately).
·         SEP minimum required compensation: $650; compensation limit for determining maximum allowable contributions by employer: $305,000