Q. Can I claim taxes paid on purchase of car this year and how do I do that ?
A. Simple answer: No. More accurately; you can, but it's unlikely you'll see any benefit.
If you haven't itemized deductions in the past (you use the standard deduction), $1535 more deduction is unlikely to change that. As others have said, sales tax is not an additional deduction, it is only an alternative to deducting state/local income and property taxes. So the "additional deduction is (most likely) going to be less than the full $1535.
