DianeW777
Employee Tax Expert

State tax filing

Yes. Recording your total sales tax in TurboTax Online can be done in one of two ways. Enter the full amount of sales tax paid last year including the vehicle portion and making sure you entered the sales tax rate accurately.

 

NOTE: If the rate was entered incorrectly it will cause the wrong information. Be sure to enter the percentage as 6.25 as example. Do not enter .0625. 

 

An option is to use the steps below to enter your full sales tax for the year including the vehicle portion or check the entry above and answer the questions.

  1. Select Deductions & Credits
  2. Scroll to Sales Tax
  3. Select 'Enter actual sales tax paid (Requires receipts to support your total.)' Or use the rate for your state.
  4. Enter the total sales tax paid including the amount paid on your vehicle or make sure the rate is correct and conintue
  5. Select the larger deduction between state and local tax (SALT) and sales tax
  6. Finish this section

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