If
you elect to deduct state and local general sales taxes, you can use either
your actual expenses, which is also where you input all your sales tax from your receipts (see Enter All My Receipts below) or the optional sales tax tables (see EasyGuide below).
- Click on Federal Taxes (Personal if using Home and Business)
- Click on Deductions
and Credits
- Click on I'll
choose what I work on (if shown)
- Scroll down to Estimates
and Other Taxes Paid
- On Sales
Taxes,
click the start or update button
- Click the blue
button to Continue with Sales Tax (if shown)
- You'll have two options for entering your sales tax:
EasyGuide - This lets the program guide you through interview
to calculate an amount to be entered at line 5b. You'll need your combined total state and local sales
tax rate in addition to any sales tax paid on major purchases. Please see How do you define "major purchase" or
"major item" for the sales tax deduction? for
more information.
Enter All My Receipts -
If you have all of your receipts for sales tax paid during the year, you can
deduct the total sales tax you paid and this entry will populate to line 5b. But if you are audited
(this is not an audit trigger unless it is abnormally large compared to your
income), you will be required to produce all of those receipts.
