Deductions & Adjustments | Chapter 28

State and Local Taxes

Product specification for EA Part 1 State and Local Taxes, mapped to the Deductions and credits SEE domain.

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Last reviewed: June 5, 2026. Tax law through: December 31, 2025. Students must verify current IRS limits, forms, and instructions before testing.

Lessons

6

Question target

50

Flashcard target

100

Case studies

5

Decision trees

3

Illustrations

5

Required lessons

State Income Taxes

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Sales Taxes

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Real Property Taxes

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Personal Property Taxes

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SALT Limitation

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Refunds of Prior-Year State Taxes

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IRS forms: Schedule A, Form 1099-G

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Each chapter target is 50 chapter questions and 100 flashcards before cumulative and simulation pools. Questions must include correct-answer explanations, wrong-answer explanations, topic tags, difficulty, IRS concept references, and review dates.