In some circumstances, the US. When calculating your taxable, you can deduct state and local taxes from your income for federal tax purposes. This is generally

In some circumstances, the US. When calculating your taxable, you can deduct state and local taxes from your income for federal tax purposes. This is generally not worth it, since you would give up deducting your state income tax. Even then, the IRS recognizes that keeping track of what you pay in sales tax is unreasonable, so you are allowed to: a) deduct groceries as if they were taxed at the general rate, even if your state has exemptions for essenyials like food and b) ignore what you actually paid in sales tax entirely, and deduct an estimate based on your income and the tax rate. https://www.avalara.com/blog/en/north-america/2023/07/sales-tax-deduction.html https://www.avalara.com/blog/en/north-america/2023/07/sales-... https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1040sca#en_US_2022_publink100041575 https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1040sca#en_US_2022_publink... https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/use-the-sales-tax-deduction-calculator https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/use-the-s...