Sorry about not posting yesterday, but I was on a deadline and forgot (you are probably sick of me anyway). Props to Bill Moser of Elizabeth St Painters for putting my contact info in his newsletter. Appreciate it!
Do you itemize your deductions? If so you can either deduct your state income tax paid in 2010 or your sales tax, whichever is greater. The IRS has a table to calculate how much sales tax you can claim based on your income. Then you can add sales tax paid on a car, boat or airplane (?) Anyway it is an either/or situation; you can’t take both.