roybob
New Member

Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Thanks for your reply.

The question i cannot get back to is in regards to the splitting of itemized deductions. There were for example, $2500 in deductions and it asked which part was hers. I didn't understand the question at the time and entered zero. In truth, some of the deductions were hers so i wanted to go back and correct this. Without corrections, per the message, i cannot file Married Filing Separately on the state tax, which is the default and preferred method. Instead, it forces the Married Filing Joint which increases the tax.

(note: all of these deductions were entered on the Federal Return, but since we filed jointly on the Federal return there was no inquiry about whose deductions were whose)