For tax year 2020, we will use the Federal standard Deduction but itemize in our state of Iowa. Line 4 box a on the Iowa Schedule A should include School District Surtax and EMS Surtax (these surtaxes are non zero on the 2020 Iowa 1040 form, line 54). However, Line 4 on the Iowa Schedule A contains zero. Neither box a nor box b on Line 4 is checked, even though Turbo Tax knows we are itemizing.
Does a zero in Line 4 indicate an error in Turbo Tax? The Iowa Schedule A form explicitly states that "School District Surtax and EMS Surtax from prior years paid in 2020" should be included when Line 4 box a is checked, and it seems like this box should have been checked and Line 4 should be non zero, since we are itemizing deductions in the Iowa tax return.
