When he began his return he had to say whether he was itemizing or using standard deduction--since you are filing MFS and both have to file the same way. So your returns have each other's SSN's on them--it makes you both file the same way.
You keep saying it will be "better for me"--what about your spouse? Is standard deduction better for your spouse too?
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