Deductions & credits

Fifth ... you are filing separately and in the MY INFO section you said you BOTH will use the standard deduction.

 

 

 

Also the total in  the deductions AND CREDITS section are not just Itemized deductions ... they also include credits.  

 

Save the return as a PDF and see where the credits are applied. 

 

Or force the Itemized deductions and see if they are indeed better... 

 

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