2005 Utah Forms And Instructions Page 10

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a. Section 125 - cafeteria plans. Generally, this is
• Any welfare agency, child placement service, legal and
an employer plan covering all employees and the
other fees or costs relating to the adoption.
employees may choose among two or more benefi ts
Keep all records, forms and worksheets to support your
consisting of cash and qualifi ed benefi ts.
deduction.
b. Section 162 - trade or business expenses. This is
(77) Native American Income
the deduction for self-employed individuals of up to
(UC §59-10-114(2)(l))
100 percent of premiums paid, but not exceeding
An enrolled member of a Native American tribe in Utah
the taxpayer's net business income.
who lives and works on the reservation on which he/she is
c. Section 213 - medical, dental, etc., expenses.
an enrolled member is exempt from Utah income tax on the
These are itemized expenses deducted on federal
reservation income. An enrolled member of the Ute tribe
Schedule A to the extent they exceed 7.5 percent
who works on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation and lives
of the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income.
on land removed from that reservation under Hagen vs.
incometax.utah.gov/deductionshealthinsur-
Utah (510 U.S. 399 (1994)) is exempt from Utah income tax
ance.html - Detailed instructions and examples
on income earned on the reservation.
for Health Care Insurance Premiums.
On Schedule S, Part 2, using code 77, enter the exempt
(75) Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums
income included in your federal adjusted gross income.
(UC §59-10-114(2)(k))
Enter your enrollment/census number and a Native/Tribe
You may only deduct amounts paid during 2005 for long-
Code from the list below in the box designating to which
term care insurance policies to the extent the amounts paid
nation/tribe you belong.
for premiums were not deducted on your federal return.
Nation/Tribe Code
Long-term care insurance policy means any insurance
1 Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation
policy designed to provide coverage:
2 Navajo Nation Reservation
• For not less than 12 consecutive months; and
3 Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Reservation
4 Skull Valley Bank of Goshute Indians
• For medically necessary services provided in a setting
5 Ute Indian Tribe
other than an acute care unit of a hospital.
6 Other tribe
A long-term care insurance policy includes group and
(78) Railroad Retirement Income
individual annuities and life insurance policies or riders
Federal law does not allow states to tax railroad retirement
that provide or supplement long-term care insurance. It
or disability income received from the Railroad Retirement
also includes a policy or rider that provides for payment of
Board on form RRB-1099. States are also prohibited from
benefi ts based upon cognitive impairment or the loss of
taxing unemployment and sickness benefi ts. If railroad
functional capacity.
retirement pensions from these forms are deducted on line
Long-term care insurance does NOT include any insurance
12, do not deduct the amounts again as an other deduction
policy offered primarily to provide:
on Schedule S.
• Basic Medicare supplement coverage,
Railroad retirement pensions are deductible on the Utah
• Basic hospital expense coverage,
return only to the extent they are taxable on the federal
• Basic medical-surgical expense coverage,
return. If you received pension payments, disability income
• Hospital confi nement indemnity coverage,
or unemployment payments under the Railroad Retirement
• Major medical expense coverage,
Act and are required to report all or part of the amount
• Disability income or related asset-protection coverage,
received as income on lines 16b and/or 20b on federal
• Accident only coverage,
form 1040, or lines 12b and/or 14b of federal form 1040A,
• Specifi ed disease or specifi ed accident coverage, or
you may deduct that amount from Utah income. If amounts
• Limited benefi t health coverage.
derived from sources other than railroad retirement are
(76) Adoption Expenses
included on lines 16b and/or 20b of federal form 1040, or
(UC §59-10-114(2)(c))
lines 12b and/or 14b of federal form 1040A, only deduct the
Utah allows individuals to subtract qualifying adoption ex-
railroad retirement amounts reported on these lines.
penses in ONE of three ways: 1) the year in which the ex-
(79) Equitable Adjustments (other)
penses are paid or incurred; 2) the year in which the adoption
(UC §59-10-115)
is fi nalized; or 3) the year in which the taxpayer may claim the
This includes qualifi ed equitable adjustments. Attach a
federal adoption credit. Qualifi ed adoption expenses may be
schedule or explanation of any other deductions claimed.
deducted, even if the adoption process is terminated.
(81) Gains on Capital Transactions
This deduction applies to the actual qualifi ed adoption
(UC §59-10-114(2)(m))
expenses of the birth mother, the legal guardian of the birth
A qualifi ed taxpayer may deduct the long-term and short-
mother (or another acting on behalf of the birth mother), or
term capital gain on a transaction if:
the adoptive parents. Expenses include:
a. The gain occurs on or after January 1, 2003;
• Any medical and hospital expenses of the birth mother
b. At least 70% of the proceeds of the capital gain
of the adopted child incidental to the child’s birth;
transaction are used to purchase qualifying stock in
• Living expenses of the birth mother if paid by the adoptive
a Utah small business corporation within 12 months
parents as part of their adoption expenses;
from when the gain was recognized; and
• Actual travel costs incurred exclusively for the purpose
c. The individual did not have an ownership interest in
of completing adoption arrangements; and
the Utah small business corporation that issued the
qualifying stock.

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