@RobertB4444 Hi,
No,
1. I did itemized last year and I had to since I was NRA and on F1 student visa.
2. I benefited from the state refund since I deducted 10,000 last year while my actual tax payments after refund was just 9544, so the 456 difference should be taxable
3. TurboTax asked if I had to itemized my deduction last year and I answered YES
After all these, TurboTax still thinks I could have used standard deduction last year (See the screenshot of the worksheet I posted above) and told me it was not taxable, which is wrong, obviously.
Really I just wanted this to be fixed or get refunded so I can ask a CPA to do it for me. If there is no way this simple issue can be fixed.... I would be surprised.
Thanks.
