topic Sales Tax deduction shows the smaller of Sales tax and SALT in Deductions & credits

Sales Tax deduction shows the smaller of Sales tax and SALT

BK2000 — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:41:56 GMT

TurboTax Deluxe Windows desktop. The program's interview section is populating the [smaller] Sales Tax deduction even though SALT deduction is the larger amount, no matter which of the three check boxes is selected. This 5-part image explains it all.

NOTE: The issues is only on the Deductions & Credits tab. At the final Federal Review tab, everything is correct. So you could say this is a cosmetic display bug, but one that wastes our time trying to chase it down. It would be nice if they fixed it. Thank you

Re: Sales Tax deduction shows the smaller of Sales tax and SALT

rjs — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:01:38 GMT

It looks like you misunderstood the Deductions & Credits summary page. You pointed to the Sales Tax line as being incorrect. But the Sales Tax line shows the sales tax amount, whether it's larger or smaller than the state and local income tax. The Sales Tax line on the summary screen is not supposed to show the amount that is being deducted. It just always shows the sales tax. This is not a bug. It's displaying what it's supposed to display. The Deductions & Credits summary screen is not supposed to show the amount of the deduction.

Re: Sales Tax deduction shows the smaller of Sales tax and SALT

BK2000 — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:50:15 GMT

@rjs

I stand corrected and my previous reply was looking at the wrong item - I deleted it to not mislead anyone. Don't know how I made that mistake - I apologize. @rjs , your response is correct. Thank you.