Deductions & credits

if it's a qualified EV vehicle, there would be a tax credit. Otherwise, as a personal use vehicle, there is no deduction for the loan interest. If you itemize and take the sales tax deduction instead of the state income tax deduction, the sales tax would be in addition to other sales taxes paid during the year. Whether it helps depends. There's an overall limit of deductible taxes on schedule A of $10,000