IRS Releases 2015 Tax Rates, Credits and Deductions

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released annual inflation adjustments for more than 40 tax provisions, including the tax rate schedules and other tax changes.

Details on the adjustments are published in Revenue Procedure 2014-61.

A few items of interest are:

• The tax rate of 39.6 percent affects singles whose income exceeds $413,200 ($464,850 for married taxpayers filing a joint return), up from $406,750 and $457,600, respectively. The other marginal rates – 10, 15, 25, 28, 33 and 35 percent – and the related income tax thresholds are described in the revenue procedure.
• The standard deduction rises to $6,300 for singles and married persons filing separate returns and $12,600 for married couples filing jointly, up from $6,200 and $12,400, respectively, for tax year 2014. The standard deduction for heads of household rises to $9,250, up from $9,100.
• The limitation for itemized deductions to be claimed on tax year 2015 returns of individuals begins with incomes of $258,250 or more ($309,900 for married couples filing jointly).
• The personal exemption for tax year 2015 rises to $4,000, up from the 2014 exemption of $3,950. However, the exemption is subject to a phase-out that begins with adjusted gross incomes of $258,250 ($309,900 for married couples filing jointly). It phases out completely at $380,750 ($432,400 for married couples filing jointly.)

Details on these and other inflation adjustments can be found in Revenue Procedure 2014-61, which will be published in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2014-47.

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