Tax Tip Tuesday: Should You Wait to File?
You may want to wait to file your tax return.
In the January 19th Tax Tip Tuesday, I indicated that the 2016 tax season was now open. That was correct for federal returns. Unfortunately, as we noted in last week’s edition, some state returns are still in limbo of when they should be filed.
Because the Iowa Legislature has not passed the bill that couples the Iowa tax law with the federal tax code, it might be wise to wait to file for any return that contains any of the items that were part of the federal extenders law passed by Congress back in December. Click here for a list of extender items. Otherwise, it may be necessary to file an amended Iowa return if they do pass the coupling bill.
If there is no tax year 2015 coupling, it would mean most of the changes that are effective for federal tax purposes beginning in tax year 2015 will not be effective for Iowa.
It is very important to reach out to anyone you know in the Iowa Senate and encourage them to support the coupling bill as soon as possible.
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