Thank you for your suggestion! I tried this, and it's the same UI flow which I did before. After I click "Change my deduction" and select Standard Deduction, it goes back to the same screen, with:
- title: "Based on what you just told us, itemizing your deductions is best for you"
- text: "By itemizing your deductions you will receive a great refund. Let's keep going and lock in the itemized deductions for you."
When I click "Continue," it locks in those itemized deductions. I.e., this UI flow doesn't let me select the standard deduction.
Since we originally tested both filing separately and filing jointly, and tested first the standard and then itemized deductions, I'm wondering if TurboTax somehow has locked in a choice. (E.g., in some of the articles I linked in my first post, people mentioned selecting whether your spouse was itemizing deductions.) I've tried to find those choices in the UI, but without success so far.
Any further suggestions?
