Indexing Will Lower Taxes Next Year

CCH predicted that the indexing of many features of the Tax Code to adjust for inflation will bring taxpayers some relief next year as the company released its 2008 tax rate projections.

The tax and accounting information provider predicts that a married couple filing jointly with a total taxable income of $100,000 will pay $160 less in income taxes in 2008 than on the same income for 2007. A single filer with taxable income of $50,000 would save $80 next year due to the tax adjustments.

Standard deductions are also set to rise. CCH predicts that single taxpayers and married taxpayers filing separately could see a $100 increase in their standard deduction to $5,450. Joint filers would benefit from a $200 increase in their standard deduction to $10,900, and heads of households would experience a $150 bump to $8,000.

The personal exemption amount will go up in 2008 by $100 to $3,500. For 2008, the reduction in personal exemptions and itemized deductions is scheduled to be only one-third of what it was in 2005, according to CCH. The company's projected tax figures for 2008 can be found at http://www.cch.com/press/news/2007/20070926t.asp.

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