I've done that in the past and it's always worked. This year, it's not working. That's the same answer I've gotten from everyone at TT for the past 6 weeks. It will not toggle between standard and itemized. It tells me I'm getting itemized, but it won't update the tax due and it will not update the deductions when I check my summary. I do not get that screen you mention in your step number 4. I have never seen that screen. The only time I am able to enter, or even see the $300 is when it does the final check and kicks out an error because the software has forced the standard deduction and it tells me to enter the $300. If I enter it, I can't get back to it again to delete it. I've had to start my return all over to get it deleted. If I enter $0, I can't finish the return (which I don't want to do anyway if it's giving me the standard deduction), but I still am not able to choose to itemize.
