CA Property Tax Deduction

Manca

Hi,

We’ve recently bought a house in CA and are thinking of paying property tax before year-end and deduct it from our CA taxes. We won’t have enough to itemize Federal taxes, but the amount will be above CA standard deduction. Two questions:

1. Can we still itemize CA deductions even though we’re taking standard Federal deduction? If so, we would also like to include interest paid, as well as charitable contributions.

2. When reporting property tax paid, we do so manually based on the amount paid, correct? There won’t be any forms sent from the County next year.

Thanks.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

You can itemize deductions in California, even though you take the standard deduction on the federal return. As far as reporting property tax paid, you will do so manually based on what was actually paid during 2024.

If you have additional questions, please let us know.

Thank you.