It's not the free edition, it is the "free file" edition for people who qualify and it does indeed itemize. It has whole areas of itemizing deductions just like the paid subscriptions. It compares the standard deduction to the itemized deductions at the end and declared the standard deduction would give me a better refund. I don't get a refund as I don't work. It has a button to select itemized deductions instead and an explanation why I may want to do that, it gives me a choice. But no matter how many times I select the itemized button it keeps saying based on what you just said the standard is better, it is not! I need help getting the system to work to select my itemized deductions, for some reason it keeps saying I selected standard deductions! To give you an idea I spent well over 6-7 hours working itemizing prompted the whole way through by this version on this tax form preparation, and I need those deduction listed for a large variety of reasons. It kept telling how much my itemization lowered my tax rate and how it was better than the standard deduction. Been using this same version/program for years and never had this problem! Please check out why the free file turbo tax (different from free edition" is not working correctly. I read through messages and there people with the paid edition who had this problem also, but the offered solution isn't available here or doesn't pertain to this edition. My itemized deductions are over far double that of the stand deductions! Please help, I think there is a problem with the program!
