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posted Mar 14, 2023 5:48:47 AM

Desktop macOS Personal Property Taxes with Home Office

I entered my total city/county personal property taxes for my home in the home office section for business expenses.  When I get to the "Deductions & Credits" section ("Enter any additional property tax paid in 2022", it says "Don't enter your home office deduction, $n,nnn is already included.  You can change this".  In the "Property taxes on your main home" field on that form it shows $0.00.  I would expect it to show the prorated value of the total less the amount credited to the Sched C business home office deduction.  The "$n,nnn" value that shows in the "Don't enter your home office deduction" comment on this page is the correct value for the sum total of city and county property taxes I entered in the home office deduction section.

 

If I try to leave the value as $0.00 on that form and click the "Continue" button I am presented with a screen that says "We need a bit more info to see if you qualify" and below that "$ Checking for Property (Real Estate) Tax Deduction".  On that screen I can either click "Back", "Skip for now", or "Enter info".  If I click the "Enter info" button I am taken back to the same form as the "Back" button, so it is a vicious circle.  If I "Go to Forms" from that point I am taken to Schedule A and line 2 (State and local real estate taxes) item "a" (Real estate taxes paid on principal residence not entered on Form 1098 shows a value of $0.00 in red with light yellow background highlighting.  I should note that my property taxes and insurance are not withheld in escrow and thus are not accounted for in my mortgage payments or my 1098.

 

I can't go any further until this issue is resolved.  I greatly appreciate any and all assistance.

 

Best Regards,


Ted

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Expert Alumni
Mar 22, 2023 1:09:42 PM

To assist you further, I will need a diagnostic copy of your return.  Be assured that no personal information is included in the diagnostic copy.  Just the data entries.

 

For me to receive the diagnostic copy I need you to follow the following steps:

  1. From the menu, select:
    • Help since you are on a Mac
  2. Select Send Tax File to Agent
    • You are notified that all personally identifiable information (PII) is being removed
  3. Take note of the seven-digit token number that appears and please write it down in case of lost connection, etc.
  4. In the pop-up, select Send to save a copy to their computer

Once we receive this, we should be able to look closer at the issue you are having and hopefully come to a resolution.

 

@tedjallen