Deductions & credits

PattiF · ‎March 14, 2022

@ThomasM125 cites the IRS from Publication 501 which means that if a couple is Married Filing Separately and one person itemizes their deductions, then the other person must itemize also.

This is from the TaxBook that is found in most CPA firms:

To paraphrase this, if one spouse itemizes, the other cannot claim the standard deduction. They have to Itemize.

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