Thanks for your responses. However, turns out that the "Recomputed total itemized deductions per computer" is the amount that the deductions would have been if taxable social security benefits had not been included in AGI!! Removing taxable SS income from AGI increases the medical deduction, by 7.5% of that. There is another item under "Tax and Credits" on the transcript labelled "Tax on income less Soc Sec income per computer". Now, both of these items seem bizarre since taxable SS income IS included in AGI. I'm not sure why the IRS has this info/calculation since it's not used. Thanks again.
