Deductions & credits

You are right, it is not the same thing.  I think I will start a new question just asking about the homeowner rebate.  Bing Chat suggested:

"The amount of your homeowner tax rebate should be reduced from your property taxes shown in the “Ded...."

 

... time passes ...

Oh, I see that Bing Chat result above was actually a hyperlink and that post seemed to ask my question and the answer to that post seems to make sense so I'll take that path.