Yes
– you may take a credit against your 2016 Connecticut
income tax liability for qualifying property tax payments you made to your
Connecticut town or taxing district on your privately owned or leased
motor vehicle, or both – and you can enter your property taxes paid
information using TurboTax.
The number of motor
vehicles eligible for this credit depends on your filing status as shown on the
front of your Connecticut income tax return:
- Any individual whose filing status is single,
filing separately, or head of household is limited to the
property tax paid on 1 motor vehicle
- Individuals whose filing status is filing
jointly or qualifying widow(er) with dependent child are limited
to the property taxes paid on 2 motor vehicles
You enter the property
taxes paid on your motor vehicle to a Connecticut town or taxing authority in
TurboTax as follows:
- In your return, select State Taxes tab
- Answering all questions in the state interview section
for Connecticut, starting with questions about your income in Connecticut
- When you have completed your income section, you will
come to a page entitled “Take a look at Connecticut credits and taxes”
- Click on Start button for Property Taxes Credit
- Complete information about your Connecticut primary
residence on “Primary Residence Property Tax Information” page, then click
on Continue button
- You will be asked whether you paid taxes on one or more
motor vehicles in Connecticut – click on Yes button
- Complete all information about property taxes paid on
your vehicle on “Motor Vehicle Information” page
The maximum
property tax credit allowable in Connecticut on your
2016 Connecticut income tax return is $200, and this
applies to both property tax paid on your primary residence in
Connecticut, as well as your motor vehicle (or 2 vehicles, if
you are married filing jointly or a qualified widow(er)). If you entered
$200 or more for property taxes paid on your primary residence, on the "on
“Primary Residence Property Tax Information” page, then the "Taxes Paid on
Motor Vehicles" page will not display, as the $200 total available credit
has already been used up on your primary residence property tax.
For more information,
please see Form CT-1040 instructions:
http://www.ct.gov/drs/lib/drs/forms/1-2016/incometax/booklets/ct-1040booklet.pdf
