@Mike9241 wrote:
schedule 2 has nothing to do with itemized deductions.
It most certainly can due to AMT (although in this case, the OP said there is no AMT, so my guess was wrong). Some itemized deductions are 'add backs' for AMT, so if AMT applies the 'add-backs' can effectively cancel out the itemized deductions, and TurboTax will show the Standard Deduction instead of Itemized deductions.
