Deductions & credits

You are welcome.  No, not an employee of TurboTax.  "Champs" are volunteers who answer a lot of questions in the user forum.  During the busier part of tax season you will see many more TT employees answering questions here too, but at this time of year, it is mostly us volunteers.  

 

State tax laws vary, but I cannot think of a reason why you would need to file a state return just to enter anything about paying property taxes.  The point of entering such things as mortgage interest and property tax is to use them for tax deductions that could affect your tax due or tax refund.  Since you will pay no tax, you cannot get a refund.  And since you will not have taxable income, you will not have tax due---so there is no effect or reason to file anything about your property tax.

 

Stay safe.

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