Our home office is deducting our full real estate taxes paid? I already entered them in the property tax section? it looks like it is Doubling the real estate taxes paid?

[Marketstar · Accepted solution]

You should claim your real estate tax as a home office expense-TurboTax will do the math and carry over and populate your Schedule A, itemized deduction property tax.

So, once you have entered your home office property tax, do not enter it again.

[jj466]

The property tax and real estate portion is 1st in walking thru Turbo tax so I can't add it to my home office first.  Do I need to take if off in the property tax/real estate section?

[Marketstar]

If you have entered your property tax as an itemized deduction, delete it, and enter the property tax as a home office expense.

[sav0808]

I also had this happen to me and doubled my property tax as well.  Actually I'm surprised that turbo tax did not pick this up as an error and allowed the system to double it.  There should be some flag that says you can only enter one time, once as an itemized deduction and once as a home office expense.  This seems incorrect to even allow this to happen.

[Anonymous]

The step-by-step leads you through the software and creates this issue.  Given how many people are encountering this doubling of their real estate deductions, you would think this would require a fix to the software.

[nmlmama]

I had the same issue.

[roberts-nt]

Same here! Fix it TurboTax.

[barfarf]

ditto

[fiefamily]

Same

[phandl]

TT should design the software to only require data to be entered once, i.e. "A".  If data is computed  because in another schedule "A" is used to determine a portion of "A" then the program should collect where "A" was entered and bring the value forward and used to compute the fraction that is required.  The program should then adjust the figures where total amounts were entered and compute the new figures.  If the user files the forms in reverse order or what ever order they so desire TT should be smart enough by checking applicable entries if boxes contain dollar amounts and warn the user that a possible double entry was made.  A simpler way would be to provide instructions from when the user launches the program a logical flow diagram on how TT expects the user to fill out the forms.  Yes it will make TT a bit more complicated for some people but errors must be avoided.  I hope I got my point across.

[mleztaxes]

I agree wholeheartedly. This should not happen. Find a fix, Intuit! Please!

[laconetta]

this is preventing me from filing. PLEASE advise what to do, Turbo Tax

[HANYU]

AFTER THE LINE FOR THE TAX DEDUCTION THERE IS THE LINE EXCESS TAX.  HOW DO I ANSWER THAT?

[DMarkM1]

If you are referring to excess real estate taxes questions in the home office deduction area, that is real estate taxes you paid but have not taken the deduction for elsewhere on your return. 

For example, if you paid real estate taxes but are not itemizing deductions. You would answer "Yes" you have excess real estate taxes and put the amount of taxes you paid in the box. 

Another example is, you itemized deductions, but your real estate tax deduction was limited.  Any real estate taxes you paid above the limit that apply to your home office location would be entered as excess.