Sales tax for Major Purchases??

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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https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3148443-how-do-you-define-major-purchase-or-major-item-for-the-sales-tax-deduction

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https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2566624-how-much-sales-tax-did-i-pay-last-year

 

 

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.