To clarify, TT State does what it thinks is best based on the input you provide for the Fed deductions. It's clear that a Standard deduction for Fed doesn't preclude the itemized for State in TT. The issue we all have is that you can't evaluated and toggle the state as you can the Fed to either itemize or use standard. It's something that seems appropriate and within TT capability. Presumably the potential for taxpayers to make incorrect decisions when TT thinks you should be doing one or the other offsets the cost of the change and benefit to the limited few. I think everyone would be happy if TT put all this into the help literature and on their website. Way too hard to get answers about this.
