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non resident alien(working full time on f1-opt) new car sales tax deduction
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a non-resident alien is only allowed for deductions connected to producing a us-sourced income (see irc sec. 873). thus you can only deduct things that qualify as business expenses, and state taxes on your wages. in addition you can deduct a bunch of stuff explicitly allowed (like tax preparation, charitable contributions, casualty losses, etc) but sales tax is not in that list.
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