You said: "不要忘记sales tax, local tax and excise duty paid, 这三项支出都可以增加你的标准减税额(standard deduction)." Does that mean I can choose standard deduction AND claim sales tax at the same time (i.e. not using itemized deduction)?
Besides, what's excise duty paid?
Another question for you: how to claim child credit ($1000 per child)?
Learning much from your articles. Maybe have some more questions for you later. Could you give me some answers? Thank you so much!