Georgia Education Expense Credit when SALT Max Deducted on Federal

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Scenario: I was approved for $1k Georgia Education Expense Credit.  I did NOT include this $1k on my Federal Return as either a charity expense or additional estimated tax payment.  I DID itemize on my Federal Return and took the max $10k SALT deduction. Total Georgia Tax was over $12k.

When entering info into TurboTax for Georgia Education Expense Credit "Did you take a federal itemized deduction of state income tax on your federal return for the amount donated for the Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit?"    Do I leave as No, since the $1k could be considered part of the State Tax deduction excluded by the Salt or do I put as Yes due to the Salt cap?   If I put yes, I lose all benefit of the credit.

Thank you for your time and responses.

[JohnW152 · Accepted solution]

Leave your answer as no, since you actually didn't include the amount donated for the Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit as an itemized deduction on your federal return.