Can I claim the purchase of a vehicle? Texas does not have state tax.

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May 31, 2019
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Best answer by Texas Roger

You can claim the sales tax paid for a car as a major purchase in addition to the IRS table amount based on your income. You will get a tax benefit if you itemize deductions on your tax return.

Texas Roger

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Level 15

You can claim the sales tax paid for a car as a major purchase in addition to the IRS table amount based on your income. You will get a tax benefit if you itemize deductions on your tax return.

Splittail70

Level 2

My husband is in the military and bought his new vehicle in South Carolina but, Texas is his home of record and state we file taxes in. Can we still deduct the tax we paid on that vehicle? If so, can you explain how I should do that.

Vanessa A

Level 15

Yes, you can claim it if you itemize your deductions on your federal return. To enter this, you will select the following:

Federal
Deductions and Credits
Show More next to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid
Start next to sales tax for items like cars

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DJS

Alumni - Champ

Yes. You claim a deduction for the Texas sales tax on a motor vehicle. The tax is 6 1/4 % (.0625) of sales price, minus any trade-in allowance.

To enter the data if you want to claim all the sales tax items rather than use the simplified method

Select Federal Taxes

Deductions and Credits

I'll Choose What to Work On

In Estimates and Other Taxes Paid Select Sales Tax and follow the instructions

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kenwha

Level 2

How this works is unclear. In my TX case I get $1221 sales tax ded. Paid $2419 in vehicle sales taxes. Entering the vehicle purchase the table only gives an addl. $24 ded. If plugging in the the 2419 directly as sales tax, it reduces what I owe by >$300. Don't know what's acceptable but makes huge difference.