I am trying to figure out how to get TurboTax to force itemized deductions only for my state return. I am married filing separately, my wife and I do not have enough deductions to itemize both of our returns so I want to take the standard deduction but still have itemized deductions for my state return which is allowed in Delaware. The issue I am running into is when I enter the deductions to use for my state return it is automatically changing my federal return to be itemized since the total is above the $12,200 standard deduction. Normally this would be great as its the better situation but since I am married and my wife does not have enough deductions to offset the standard deduction this puts us in a worse tax situation overall and I can not find a way to tell turbotax to just use the standard deduction.
