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Yes. In North Carolina, you can deduct the Vehicle Property Tax you paid on your vehicles.
You can enter this expense under Deductions and Credits, in the section Cars and Other Things That You Own.
If you are asking if they can be included on your NC return, the answer is no. NC changed the law several years ago and you can no longer deduct personal property taxes on the NC return even though you can deduct them on your federal return.
From the instructions from NC
No itemized deductions included on federal,Schedule A (Form 1040) are allowed as N.C. itemized deductions except qualified home mortgage interest (excluding mortgage insurance premiums), real estate property taxes, charitable contributions, medical and dental expenses, and repayment of claim of right income.
This is what I see on TurboTax for NC. Only county tax can be included it appears, not the city tax, or registration fee. Someone please let me know if this is correct. Thanks!
Only the vehicle property tax you paid to your North Carolina county on your vehicles is deductible as an itemized deduction on your federal return, but make your entry on the screen that you’ve displayed.
Sometimes these fees are named different things in different states.
Please see the TurboTax Help article Is my car registration fee deductible? for more information.
Further question...
The Receipt of Pad Fees shows:
License
Prop. Tax
Veh. Fee
and below that it shows Total Property Tax
So do I put the Prop. Tax fee only or the Total Property Tax fee which includes the Veh. Fee?
The personal Property Tax for the vehicle is deductible. Use the Property Tax fee.
Your car registration fee is deductible if it's a yearly fee based on the value of your vehicle and you itemize your deductions. You can't deduct the total amount you paid, only the portion of the fee that's based on your vehicle's value.
{edited 4/17/2023 | 6:45 AM PST}
I guess in the end it didn't matter anyway. Nothing changed since I have the standard deduction.
Yeah, you have to be careful...the NCDMV improperly puts in a total property tax that cannot be used as-is.
The flat Vehicle "Fee" is NOT allowed as a Federal deduction.
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Old example, but it still looks the same.
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