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What does it mean when its telling me they have chosen the standard deduction for me? is the amount shown going to be deducted from my return?

 
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What does it mean when its telling me they have chosen the standard deduction for me? is the amount shown going to be deducted from my return?

That's a deduction from your income, reducing your "taxable income".  If you had enough itemized deductions to exceed the standard deduction then TurboTax would have used the itemized deduction amount instead.

Tom Young

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What does it mean when its telling me they have chosen the standard deduction for me? is the amount shown going to be deducted from my return?

That's a deduction from your income, reducing your "taxable income".  If you had enough itemized deductions to exceed the standard deduction then TurboTax would have used the itemized deduction amount instead.

Tom Young

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