My uncle (CPA) explained to me that next year my husband and I will benefit from an automatic $1,000 tax credit AND we will get an automatic $3,000 tax deduction because we will have a baby this year.
First of all, what is the difference between a tax credit and a tax deduction?
B/c of our baby, can we expect 2 tax benefits that will automatically be granted by the government, or does this differ from state to state?
Hypothetically, if we owe...say $1,000 in taxes this year for fed and state (from the 2006 year), and we did no changes on our W2's for this current tax year (no additional withholding, same deductions...plus our new dependent- baby), should we expect to "break even" or perhaps be reimbursed a couple hundred in 2008 b/c of our baby?
Our accountant neglected to tell us about the auto $1000 credit...
Thanks for your help!
2007-03-31
17:56:12
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