Re: can I now deduct sales tax off federal taxes?
Yes and no. The way I understand it is you have the choice of deduction sales tax or your state income tax for 2004 and 2005. This is a good deal for those who live in states with low or no state income tax. You have to itemize to get this.
This change happened in October so most people won't have receipts, but IRS is supposed to have a "cheat sheet" table you can use to determine your qualificating sales tax (of course, the more information you have, the better since your actual spending will probably be more than the IRS tax table will give).
The one good thing is that large purchses such as a car can be added on top of the IRS table.
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