Sorry, but you cannot if you're adding them to the IRS' sales tax tables. The
IRS sales tax tables can have certain additions. These include:
- a motor
vehicle (including a car, motorcycle, motor home, recreational vehicle,
sport utility vehicle, truck, van, and off-road vehicle
- a leased
motor vehicle.
- an
aircraft, boat, home (including mobile and prefabricated),
- or home
building materials, if the tax rate was the same as the general sales tax
rate.
To
do so, however, your state sales taxes still must exceed your state income
taxes, as you can only deduct one or the other.
(Even if you itemize all sales taxes, they may not be deducible. Rentals in vacation areas (such as in Florida) are often subject to an additional sales tax (referred to as "bed taxes"). If the vacation rental tax is higher than the general sales tax, it's not deductible. (Vacation rental taxes are our way of taxing tourists rather than ourselves. It's the modern day "taxation without representation.")
