State tax filing

well..maybe I mis-read something you posted...but Prop taxes are a part of the total on line 16 of the Schd S...and that adds into line 23.  ( All I was saying was that ..of the $6556 of Fed Itemized deductions in my test return, 1,213 was state taxes paid...that's why my total NC Itemize Ded were only 15,343, and not 16,556)

Notice also that I indicated that my $2000 of Prop Taxes did show up on the Schd S when I switched Federal to Itemized Deductions?

BUT
.....none of lines 15-23 get filled out by the software (except for 20k on line 18) unless you use Itemized Deductions on the Federal tax return. ....they are unnecessary when NC has to use the Std Ded.
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