Sales tax paid when buying a car is sales tax. It’s not a personal property tax.
Turbotax has a list of states where you can deduct personal property tax. California is not one of those states. You can deduct the Vehicle License Fee (VLF) portion of your registration fee.
Is my car registration fee deductible?
TurboTax allows you to enter a total for all your sales tax receipts or you can use the federal standard amount + sale tax paid on any large purchases, such as a used car.
- Type sales tax in Search (the magnifying glass) in the top right
- Select Jump to sales tax
- On Let’s Compare Your Sales Tax and Income Tax, select Try Sales Tax Deduction Anyway
- On "How do you want to enter your sales tax info? select EasyGuide
- On Major Purchases, say YES to "Did you buy any major items while living in [your state]?
- On Enter Major Purchases, fill in your vehicle info
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