How do I figure enter my California use tax? I owe a small use tax but I get an error whether I put "no use tax is owed" or "you paid directly..." Which box should I use?

[BarbaraW22]

To enter your CA Use Tax, please follow these steps:

1. Click on State from the menu on the left-hand side and then Continue
2. Click Continue next to California and then click Edit next to Credits and Taxes
3. Click Start or Revisit next to California Use Tax and then click Yes
4. In the section "About Your Untaxed Out-Of-State Purchases" click on "No, I may owe California a little sales tax"
5. Answer Yes or No to "Were any of your individual purchases for $1,000 or more?" and then click Continue
6. In the section "Choose How to Calculate Use Tax" select "Enter purchases separately" if you only have 1 or 2 purchases OR if you made a lot of purchases select "Estimate"
7. Click Continue and enter your purchase(s) and Your County and Tax Rate and click Continue

[jennifer-newsham]

This did not work for the desktop premier version. Can you update the version for desktop. 

[BillM223]

What does "This did not work" mean? Was there an error message? Which screen in the list above that Barbara gave did you not see? Remember that we in the Community cannot see your tax return nor the screen you are on, so please help us help you by fully describing your experience.

[jennifer-newsham]

Step four is what is not appearing:

In the section "About Your Untaxed Out-Of-State Purchases"

[jennifer-newsham]

I am a part year resident and the form does not include a field for use tax. I think that's the issue.

[ns9]

Thank you for your explanation.  I will give it a try, now.

Nancy