I wanted to see if my sales tax deduction was better (since I bought a car this year) but now I can't seem to switch back to my local income deduction. How can I do it?

[bpolitzer]

On the details page - I'm asked to compare sales and income tax... there's an option for "try sales tax deduction anyway" and "continue" but when I go back to the main page I see "sales tax" and a number that wasn't on the details page -- and is much lower than the local income tax deduction. So wondering how can I 'switch' to the local income tax deduction??

[JohnW152]

To change from the sales taxes paid deduction to the state and local income tax deduction in TurboTax Online:

1. Open TurboTax Online
2. Select Tax Home in the left pane
3. On the  Hi, let's keep working on your taxes! screen, select the dropdown to the right of Deductions & Credits, then select Start, Continue, or Pick up where you left off
4. On the  Your tax breaks page, scroll down and select Edit to the right of Sales Tax
5. On the  How do you want to enter your sales tax info? page, select Enter All My Receipts
6. On the  Enter Sales Tax You Paid page, remove any entry for Total Sales Tax Paid, then select Continue
7. On the  We've Chosen A Deduction for You page, you can select the box next to Change your deduction if that's what you want, then select the bullet below to indicate your preference.  Then select Continue

If the TurboTax Online navigation described above doesn't look like what you're experiencing, see the TurboTax Help article Why does the TurboTax navigation menu look different for me?.

[bpolitzer]

Thanks! I followed these instructions, but I'm not sure if it resolved the issue. I still see "Sales Tax $0" on the summary screen - so I can't tell if TurboTax zeroed out the sales tax and/or defaulted back to the standard deduction.

[KrisD15]

If the program does not use Sales Tax, it will show as zero, even if you entered an amount. 

To check, go to "View Forms" and look at the "Tax & Int Wks" 

Line 1g shows the amount of sales tax the program was given. 

HERE is a link for how to view forms online 

You can look for Schedule A if Itemizing

You can also look at Form 1040 line 12 to see if you took the Standard Deduction or Itemized. 

Anytime you go back to Deductions & Credits

Scroll down and click  "Done with Deductions" 

Click Continue

The next screen will give you a summary 

That summary shows which deduction method the program took

Continue to the next screen for an option to change the method