I understand that Virginia hasn't updated its tax code in response to Federal changes for 2018, and that's why taking the standard deduction is so costly in Virginia on the Federal return (which forces it on the Virginia return). What I want to know is whether TurboTax looked ahead to determine that OVERALL the Standard Deduction would be better for Federal and Virginia COMBINED before deciding, based on Federal alone, that the standard deduction should be used. It might be possible, in some cases, that choosing to itemize on both would bring a better total result. The itemization would have to come close to the standard deduction on the Federal return because of the higher federal tax rate. But...just in case... does TurboTax analyze this question before deciding?
