For 2021 Tax Year: This issue (see above) seems to be related to the "Property Tax Information Worksheet", Question D. This question, for NJ purposes is ONLY related to ELIGIBILITY to file for the Homestead Rebate - which is completely separate from filing your NJ tax return. The key part of the question is related to owning the NJ home as of October 1st of the latest tax year. This tells NJ whether they should mail you a rebate application form. HOWEVER, TurboTax seems to think that if you answer No to this question, then you should not be entering Property Tax data, which is not true! In my case, I owned an NJ home in 2021, but sold it prior to October 1st. So, I have to answer No to "Property Tax Information Worksheet", Question D, but in order to claim the Property Tax Deduction on Line 40, you MUST enter the data into lines 39b and 39c...... Below is NJ Instructions for 39b and c:
"If you were not a homeowner on October 31, enter the information for the last home you owned and occupied in New Jersey during the year."
This is a bug. There should not be a conditional check for "Property Tax Information Worksheet", Question D. The software code statement [if "D" = No ,then 39b and 39c must be blank] is WRONG and should be removed from the code.
How do we get the developers to look at this? If I answer "Property Tax Information Worksheet", Question D as Yes, then it will disqualify the person I sold my home to from applying for the 2021 Property Tax Rebate.
