I moved from Texas last year (no income tax state) to Vermont (income tax state). Can I prorate the Texas sales tax deduction for the time I lived in Texas and deduct the Texas sales tax? Then deduct the actual Vermont income tax I paid? I suspect not but it does not hurt to ask.
Thanks Marty
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its either or - but not both
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No, You can prorate the TX and VT sales tax deductions for the period of time you were a resident of each state, but the final decision is whether to take the total sales tax deduction or the total state income tax deduction. You can't mix and match.
Ira Smilovitz
Your suspicions are correct. You use actual or you use the tables in Pub 600. If you use the tables, you would use both the Texas & Vermont tables.
-- Alan
You suspect correctly. One or the other, for the entire year.
-- Phil Marti Clarksburg, MD
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