IRS, Treasury move to thwart blue-state tax evasion schemes

Remember when California, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey moved to counteract the GOP’s 2017 tax law, claiming the bill unfairly targets states that are primarily left-leaning?

Well, the IRS and the Treasury Department this week rolled out a counter-counterattack. Their new rule that “targets legislation in those states that would allow taxpayers to claim a charitable deduction for state and local tax payments above the $10,000 limit set in the tax cuts passed by Congress last year,” the Los Angeles Times reports.