One reason TurboTax may be telling you that using your itemized deductions is better versus using your standard deduction (even though the standard deduction amount is higher) is because of your state income tax return.
Some states require you to itemize on the federal return to allow you to do the same on the state return. Your federal return's refund or amount due plus your state's return refund or amount due, may result in a better tax benefit to you.
You can test this by comparing your federal and state refunds or amount due. Calculate the refund using the federal standard deduction versus your federal itemized deductions.
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