Issue: The deduction for personal property tax for auto on federal sch A triple counts the deduction.
Background: I use one car for 2 rental properties and also personal use. I fill out on Sch E, the personal property tax for each rental property and fill in the info for each properties sch E.
Example: say the personal property tax on car 1 is $100. I enter that on the federal return even though I take standard deduction so that it can transfer to the state return. I use car 1 for both rentals and personal. Lets say I use the car 20% for rental 1, so $20 is used for rental expense, leaving $80 for personal use. For rental 2, say I use the car 10% , so $10 is used for rental expense, leaving $90 for personal use. Now on my sch A worksheet lines 5-12, it shows up as $100 as state and local personal property taxes line 3 and it adds $170 ($80+$90) on the line non-business use of auto personal property. The sum should be $70. What am I doing wrong? I can remove it from line 3, state and local personal property taxes, but that still leaves a double count and $170 instead of 70.
How do I enter the same auto for more than 1 sch E personal property taxes?
I tried to remove car 1 from personal property on the federal return, leaving car 1 only in the Sch E rental, and car 2 as personal property. If I do that, it shows up in CA state as
