I leased a car and paid $3000 as a down payment. Can I add that? Can I also add vacation expenses?

[Texas Roger]

None of these expenses are deductible on your tax return. If you paid sales tax on the lease, you may be able to deduct the sales tax as a major purchase in the sales tax deduction section. Sales taxes are an itemized deduction and can only be deducted in place of state income taxes. You only get a tax benefit if the total of all your itemized deductions is more than the standard deduction.