TaxAct® does not support the entry of more than 5 states in the Sales Tax Deduction section of the federal Schedule A.

If you have more than 5 states to enter, you will need to manually calculate each state and enter one total.

To manually calculate the tax, use the worksheet and table in the instructions for Schedule A, or use the calculator on the IRS website.

• IRS Instructions for Schedule A General Sales Tax Deduction Worksheet, page 4
• IRS Sales Tax Deduction Calculator

To enter the Sales Tax Deduction in TaxAct:

1. From within your TaxAct return (Online or Desktop), click on the Federal tab. On smaller devices, click in the upper left-hand corner, then select Federal.
2. Click Itemized or Standard Deductions to expand the category and then click Taxes paid
3. Continue to the screen titled Itemized Deductions - Optional State Sales Tax and click Yes
4. Click Actual Amount
5. Enter the amount of taxes you calculated for ALL states

NOTE: At the time the Preview version of TaxAct was released, this item had expired on 12/31/2014. The final filing version will include the latest update regarding this issue.