A big deduction for New York taxpayers
The amount of itemized deductions New York taxpayers take on their federal returns for state, local, sales and real estate taxes varies greatly by county. This map shows the average deduction taken by taxpayers in each county. The high is $24,652 for federal taxpayers in Manhattan. The low is $1,413 for taxpayers in rural Lewis County. In Onondaga County, the average is $4,057.
AVERAGE DOLLAR AMOUNT TAKEN AS ITEMIZED DEDUCTIONS FOR
STATE AND LOCAL INCOME, SALES, AND REAL ESTATE TAXES
$2,361
Plattsburgh
$1k-$2k
$1,556
$2k-$3k
$1,844
$3k-$4k
$1,600
$4k-$5k
$2,516
Watertown
$5k or more
$2,239
$1,413
$3,448
$2,195
Rochester
$2,189
$2,339
$1,916
$2,697
$1,675
Syracuse
$2,629
$6,317
Utica
$1,957
$4,301
$2,275
$1,973
$4,057
$3,964
$3,984
Buffalo
$3,209
$1,960
$3,612
$2,393
$1,938
Albany
$2,509
$2,117
$3,499
$2,266
$2,884
$2,452
$4,970
$4,399
$1,652
Ithaca
$2,067
$4,526
$2,510
$2,941
$2,028
$1,683
$1,688
$2,606
$1,743
$2,437
Binghamton
$2,435
$4,373
$5,973
Poughkeepsie
$3,509
$9,242
$5,646
$14,820
$8,475
$1,645
$7,999
$24,652
$3,050
New York
$11,200
$5,662
$3,667
AVERAGE DOLLAR AMOUNT TAKEN AS ITEMIZED DEDUCTIONS FOR
STATE AND LOCAL INCOME, SALES, AND REAL ESTATE TAXES
$2,361
$1k-$2k
Plattsburgh
$2k-$3k
$1,556
$1,844
$3k-$4k
$4k-$5k
$1,600
$2,516
Watertown
$5k or more
$1,413
$2,239
$3,448
$1,675
$2,195
Rochester
$2,189
$2,339
$1,916
Syracuse
$2,697
$6,317
$2,629
$1,957
Utica
$4,301
$2,275
$3,964
$4,057
$1,973
$3,612
$3,209
Buffalo
$3,984
$1,960
$2,884
$2,393
Albany
$2,266
$2,509
$1,938
$2,452
$3,499
$2,117
$4,970
$4,399
$1,652
Ithaca
$2,067
$4,526
$2,941
$2,028
$1,688
$2,606
$1,743
$2,437
$2,510
Binghamton
$1,683
$2,435
$4,373
$5,973
Poughkeepsie
$3,509
$9,242
$5,646
$14,820
$8,475
$3,050
$1,645
$7,999
$24,652
New York
$11,200
$5,662
$3,667
AVERAGE DOLLAR AMOUNT TAKEN AS ITEMIZED DEDUCTIONS
FOR STATE AND LOCAL INCOME, SALES, AND REAL ESTATE TAXES
$1k-$2k
Plattsburgh
$1,413
$2k-$3k
$3k-$4k
Watertown
$4k-$5k
$5k or more
$4,057
Rochester
Utica
Buffalo
Syracuse
Albany
Ithaca
Binghamton
Poughkeepsie
$24,652
New York
Source: Tax Foundation, Washington, D.C. Peter Allen | pallen@syracuse.com