Help! I don't know what to enter for Locality Group (1,2 or 3) This was flagged by Turbotax on a review of my state sales tax deduction.

[AmyC]

Correspond your locality of 1, 2, or 3 to match what is listed of A, B, or C, respectively. Thus, A corresponds to 1 and B corresponds to 2. See  page 18 of the Form 1040 Schedule A instructions which lists localities by state.

You can use the IRS Sales Tax Assistant as confirmation. Here is the chart from page 18 for TY2021.

@fayezezoff It looks like your A if Madison imposes a local tax.

[Andersos19]

I live in lake county in illinois

[AmyC]

Please see the chart posted right above your comment. I can't tell you since I don't know if you have local taxes imposed.

@Andersos19

[Andersos19]

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[emaajid]

Illinois

[JohnW152]

For Illinois, it would depend on your locality.

Please see the chart provided above by AmyC to see which Local Table you would use.

See Page A-18 in 2021 Instructions for Schedule A - Itemized Deductions for more information.

@emaajid

[seniorchiefashmore]

I am looking for the answer - not more iterations of the same question.

           SeniorChief 

[DMarkM1]

It depends on your state.  Here is a table from the IRS 1040 Instructions.  A corresponds to 1 and B to 2 and C to 3. 

[glacal]

I live in Illinois

[AmyC]

Looking at the chart I posted earlier, I see there are 2 options for IL. Since I don't know where you live, please use 1 for A and 2 for B to determine your answer.

@glacal

[duainsworth]

I can not proceed with my return until I select the locality code.  How do I know what that is?  I live in Illinois, Winnebago County, Roscoe

[AmyC]

Looking at the chart I posted earlier, I see there are 2 options for IL. Since I don't see Winnebago County listed, I googled to see if it imposes sales tax. My google search said yes, which means it does impose a local sales tax and would be a part of "any other" that impose sales tax, group A. If my google search was wrong, sorry!

@duainsworth

[sablechiles05]

I have to choose from a option on this form 1 2 or 3 and I live in Georgia! It doesn't ask for a precentage just wants me to choose a b or c on the locality page before I can move on...

a is Dekalb County (excluding Atlanta)

b is Any other locality that imposes a local sales tax

c is Not applicable

Which one do I choose and this is the only options to chose from................

[ErnieS0]

It depends. If you live in DeKalb, choose a. 

If you live in another locality that has a local sales tax, choose b. Georgia has a statewide sales tax rate of 4%. If your local rate is higher, then choose b. A local store receipt should show the tax rate. 

Choose c if you live in a county without an add-on local sales tax.

[tomsterq]

Thanks for your reply. It was the easiest for me to understand AND it worked.

I entered 6.25 for the state level earlier, and then just selected b) for "other..."