I'm in Washington state and generally us the EasyGuide for the Sales Tax Deduction. There used to be a question about adding major purchases once the initial calculation was completed, but I no longer see it. Is it missing, or am I missing something else?
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SALES TAX
You can enter the sales tax you paid for major purchases in 2020 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 purchase.
Sales tax is an itemized deduction. If your state has a state income tax, you have to choose between using the deduction for your state tax paid OR the sales tax deduction, whichever is higher. The TT process will suggest one or the other as you prepare your return.
“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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Thanks for the response. This was the workflow I expected, but that major purchase question had not appeared, despite me being well into the itemized deductions.
Solved! To get back into it I had to run through the EasyGuide again, reconfirm the state sales tax rate, and then it triggered the major purchase question again.
when trying to input the purchase (vehicle), it asks for dates lived in Texas (the entire year). When the final scan is complete I get an audit alert that I have overlapping dates in excess of 365 days living in Texas. How do I correct this
Please go back to that screen and make sure you did not inadvertently enter 2023 in the "From" box.
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