Given the following information, would it be better for Illinois resident Salem Marcos to itemize her sales tax or her state income tax on her federal tax return?

federal taxable income: $51,200.00

federal marginal income tax rate: 25%

state taxable income: $41370.00

state income tax rate: 3%

total sales tax paid: $1311.20

Assume that Salem has sufficient itemized deductions to choose itemization method over the standard deduction.

If she makes the effort to track the sales tax she paid, on her federal income taxes Salem Marcos could save $______(Round to the nearest cent.)