I entered my vehicle Registration fees like I do every year. After doing the Federal portion of my taxes on the Deductions page it shows I entered the amount $283 for this year, it also shows last year was $283. I used the standard deduction both years and after the Federal portion is finished it shows Reviewed your 2022 and 2023 Deductions and Credits. However on this page it shows 2023 vehicle Registration fees as $0 while showing last year was at $283. It was entered and I didn't do anything different than last year, I was wondering why it comes up $0? Is this a glitch?
No, the summary before the review shows everything entered, the summary after the review shows deductions taken. So, if you took the standard deduction, it would show $0 for any itemized deduction. You can switch to itemized deductions to see that amount included - - but make sure to change it back.
Just don't see why it is shown different from the previous year. I did standard deduction both times. I did not do itemized deductions.
It is not going to show after reviewing because you took the standard deduction. Car registration fees are only deductible if you itemize. Since you did not itemize, it does not get sent with your tax return. You are looking at information sent with your tax return. If you had medical expenses entered, those too, would not be included.
Not understanding than why was it entered for the previous year?
If you took the standard deduction, TurboTax does not include your itemized deductions. If you are itemizing and the amount is not being included, then there is a problem, but if you are taking the standard deduction, your car registration does not factor in. Are you taking the standard deduction? @ehomich01
Schedule A is where you will see itemized deductions - and Schedule A is not included with returns that elect the standard deduction. If you switch to itemizing, you will see your car registration fees on Schedule A.
Had same exact oddity as you did. Just strange it is not showing the same way as previous year if everything the same!
People keep replying with the same.
Last year, our vehicle registrations appeared to have saved us some tax. Last year, it seems all of us have itemized. This year, the vehicle registration no longer shows. So we're all thinking exactly the same thing. If the policy or law changed, the summary sheet is certainly making it difficut to discern. Did we get an unfair deduction last year if we itemized?
Nothing has changed this year with regard to the deductibility of car registration fees on the Federal return.
You may have seen a screen in TurboTax that summarized all of the potentially deductible items you entered, but you will only get a deduction for them if your total itemizable deductions exceed your standard deduction, or if you tell TurboTax where prompted to take the itemized deductions even if they are less (such as married filing separately and the other spouse itemizes).
You can review your forms and worksheets for 2022 to determine what happened on that return.
To print your tax return worksheets and schedules after you file, in TurboTax Online, please follow these instructions:
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.
In addition, not all states have value-based registration fees. See this TurboTax help article for a list of states and the type of registration fees they charge. In some states, you deduct a personal property tax instead of vehicle registration.
Why is my Vehicle Registration fees Not Showing in Review. Please inform as soon as possible.
Are you itemizing? Those fees (property taxes) are an itemized deduction. They are not included if you take the standard deduction. @lillian7781
I've always taken the standard deduction year after year. why does it seem different this year? I always see the value I entered even when I take the standard deduction. The software is usually pretty good on informing that there is not a need to anything if you declare certain thing. Should it not have allowed us to enter registration fees if standard? it gets confusing cause previous years showed the top number fluctuates.
You can still enter your itemized deductions in your Federal return, even though you're using the Standard Deduction. People like to do so, because their State may give them some of those deductions to claim.
This reply doesn't seem accurate. Like most all of the other posters here, the screen shows the Standard Deduction AND the Vehicle Registration Fees amount entered for 2022, and the Standard Deduction AND zero dollars for the Vehicle Registration Fees, even though there were dollar amounts entered as with 2022.
Here's a screen shot so we're on the same page. I highlighted the discrepancy we're referring to.
If you look at 2022 the amount is there but you received no deduction for the registration fees. Not sure why the amount isn't showing up in 2023 but you still won't receive a deduction for the registration fees. These are a state deduction if your state allows a deduction for it.
Thanks, RobertB4444! Yes, I understood that part and that the amounts won't count since we're getting the standard deduction. However, I just wanted to show what we're talking about since the expert responders were answering in a way that indicated it wouldn't show there, either last year or this year, and that nothing had changed from last year to this year. However, as you can see, there is a change in the display and is likely just a technical/programming difference and not related to the tax rules and how are deductions are processed.
Hello,
I have the same question...in 2023 I filed a "Standard Tax Form" and entered my registration paid for that year in Arizona. This year, in 2024...I was filling in the car information and entered my car registration for this year. Again, we are filing a "Standard Form". So, when it came time to show the credits...it showed last years registration but it did not show this years registration...I understand what you said about deductions vs Standard but what I don't understand is why one year it shows the registration fee and the next it doesn't beings that both years are Standard Filing?
TurboTax showed the registration fees as a potential state tax deduction. But it clearly caused a lot of confusion. And TurboTax does not show those fees anymore.
If you claimed the Standard Deduction this year rather than itemizing, the Vehicle Registration fees will not show on the Review screen.
I see the same issue. None of the "Tax Experts" here have read the question carefully. Thus, none of the experts have answered the actual question. The question is not: whether the Vehicle License Fee (VLF) is deductible, when you don't itemize. The actual question: why I see a VLF of $400 as a deduction in the summary's column for 2023, and I see a Zero in the column for 2024. I entered my VLF into my 2023 and 2024 TurboTax returns. In both both 2023 and 2024 I took the standard deduction. The 2023 column is not Zero VLF, while the 2024 column is Zero VLF. This difference between the 2023 and 2024 column seems to indicate a software error, if we assume the law has not changed regarding deductibility of VLF.