If you take the standard deduction then you do not get to take the sales tax deduction because that is deducted under Itemized Deductions.
TurboTax will determine if you had itemized deductions great enough to exceed the standard deduction of $25,900. When you added your sales tax it must not have put you up over the standard deduction and so your tax was not reduced.
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