Unfortunately, you can't.
If you claimed the standard deduction on your federal deduction, you must claim
the standard deduction on your Virginia state return.
Yes, it is; however, be sure and test it in Turbo Tax if your itemized amount is relatively close to the standard. My itemized deductions were just short of the standard of $24,400 and by choosing to itemize, my NET tax refund went up 62%.
Shouldn't Turbo Tax check for you? My total returns doubled by itemizing on federal rather than the standard (and paying more). I went back and checked last years and I would have gotten a a significant amount back on my state rather than owing. Now I need to figure out how to update both my last years returns
