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SALES TAX
You can enter the sales tax you paid for the car you purchased in 2022 by going to Federal>Deductions and Credits>Estimates and Other Taxes Paid> Sales Tax. You will be asked if you paid sales tax on a major purchase, and you will be able to enter the sales tax you paid for your new vehicle.
Sales tax is an itemized deduction. “Major purchases” that you can enter for the sales tax deduction include:
Motor Vehicles (cars, trucks, motor homes, RV’s, sport utility vehicles and off-road vehicles
Aircraft or boats
Mobile homes
Manufactured housing
Building materials for major home improvements
You cannot deduct: furniture, jewelry, home electronics such as TV’s or computers
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If you have already filed your return then you will need to see if your return gets accepted or rejected.
Please be aware, you can either use the sales tax or the state and local taxes paid you cannot use both. But TurboTax will help you to figure out which is best for your situation after you followed xmasbaby0 instructions on how to enter the sales tax paid:
Possible Itemized Deductions are:
Please see Standard Deduction vs. Itemized Deductions: Which Is Better? for additional information.
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