Question

Can I claim sales tax deduction on jewelry purchased from another state (not home state)?

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March 1, 2021
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Hi,

In 2020, I order a jewelry and shipped to me while I was in another state (A) (visiting). My home address is in state B. Can I claim this sales tax deduction on my tax return? I am using the turboTax desktop, it ask me the type of this item, e.g. aircraft. But jewelry is not in there. Can I still claim this deduction?

Thanks

Tax Advice

ColeenD3

No. Jewelry is not an item for which you can claim a deduction as a major purchase.

Common major purchases include:

Vehicles
Off-road vehicle

You can also include:

Aircraft
Boats
Mobile homes
Manufactured housing
Building materials for major home improvements

These items are not considered to be major purchases:

Furniture
Jewelry
Computers
Televisions or other electronic equipment
Items purchased for your business or rental property

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superlycAuthor

Hi, Thanks for responding.

May I ask can I still deduct sale tax of jewelry purchase? If not, why is that? My understanding is if someone kept all the receipts (including the jewelry), he/she can enter it manually and the sale tax paid for the jewelry will be deducted, right? Now, turboTax ask me if there is any major purchase. I thought it is for me to enter any additional purchase on top of the estimates based on the normal situation.

BTW, a turboTax representative on the phone (may not be a tax expert) told me I can deduct that. So I am confused.

Thanks

ColeenD3

If you are deducting sales tax based on all your receipts instead of the auto-generated amount based on your income, then you can include every single penny of tax on every single thing you bought.

If you are trying to take sales tax for major purchases in addition to the auto-generated amount, you can only take tax on the items that IRS allows. Jewelry is not on the IRS approved list.